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 Zoroaster Quotes
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 Zoroaster , also known as Zarathustra or Zartosht , was the prophet of the Zoroastrian religion . It is now thought that he lived in eastern Iran or in central Asia around 1000 BC. The Gathas are hymns held by believers to have been written by...
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 Zarathushtra : Hindu Terms
56 words, approx. 1 pages(Gr. Zoroaster) the prophet who reformed Iranian religion before 1100 B.C., thereby parting it from its ancient Indo-Iranian form and its close correspondence with the ancient Vedic religion. In spite of that, many ideas can still be detected in the... summary from source:
 Zarathushtra Summary
3,529 words, approx. 12 pages ZARATHUSHTRA. Zarathushtra (known in the West under his Graeco-Latin name of Zoroaster) is seen by all Zoroastrians and by most modern scholars as the founder or the prophet of Zoroastrianism, the dominant religion in the Iranian world up to the ninth... summary from source:
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Zoroaster (Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathustra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت Zartošt; Kurdish: Zerduşt), was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious poet. The hymns attributed to him,...
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 Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ZOROASTER SURVIVES ON FAITH, OFFSPRING.(Local)
04/19/1999: 598 words, approx. 2 pages Byline: Jean Torkelson The visitor from San Francisco crosses his feet and sinks to a lotus position. Before him on the floor is a cloth laden with silver trays, a vase of flowers and more. Seated on sofas, five believers stare... summary from source:
Parnassus : Poetry in Review Zoroaster's Children
01/01/2005: 11,329 words, approx. 38 pages At the main bus station in Tehran, a shabbily dressed man stopped in front of me and ran a finger across his throat. 'Iran no good," he whispered. I wanted to ask him why, find out what his story was, but already he was... summary from source:
 AP News An old religion says no to billboards
6/12/2007: 448 words, approx. 2 pagesSome might see the towering billboards that rise out of a centuries-old Mumbai funeral ground as a message from beyond the grave.But the signs _ which exhort motorists to "Rev up your night life" by buying a popular car _ have bitterly divided the city's...
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 Critical Essay by Ilya Gershevitch
16,362 words, approx. 55 pages
In the essay below, Gershevitch investigates the nature of the discrepancies between the doctrines Zoroaster puts forth in the Gathas and those beliefs attributed to him in the Later Avesta.
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Critical Essay by Mary Boyce
8,250 words, approx. 28 pages
In the essay below, Boyce examines the way in which the veneration of fire, which served an important role in Zoroaster's teachings, was transformed by his followers to a ritual temple cult.
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Critical Essay by Richard N. Frye
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In the following excerpt, Frye reviews the controversy surrounding the dating of Zoroaster and his scriptures, outlines the differences between Zoroaster's teachings and other ancient beliefs, and comments on the influence of Zoroaster on the development of the Iranian epic tradition.
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