288 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
This book traces the continuous history of the faith from the time it was preached by Zoroaster down to the present day - a span of about 3,500 years. First taught among nomads on the Asian steppes, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and had a remarkable influence on other world faiths: to the east on northern Buddhism, to the west on Judaism, Christianity... Read more
Foreword to this edition, Preface, Glossary, Signs and abbreviations 1 The background 2 Zoroaster and his teaching 3 The establishing of Mazda worship 4 The unrecorded centuries 5 Under the Achaemenians 6 Under the Seleucids and Arsacids 7 Under the early Sasanians 8 During the mid Sasanian period 9 Under the later Sasanians 10 Under the Caliphs 11 Under II-Khans, Rajahs and Sultans Contents 12 Under the Safavids and Mughals 13 Under the Qajars and British 14 In the twentieth century
Biography
Mary Boyce is Professor Emerita of Iranian Studies at the University of London and is the author of a number of works on Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism.
'Answers a real need among students of religion ... informative, original and so eminently enjoyable ...' - - Journal of Asian History
'... an excellent series.' - Isabel Wollaston, Univeristy of Birmingham, Reviews in Religion and Theology
