Title:
The teachings of the Magi : a compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs / R.C. Zaehner.
ISBN:
9781032148625
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Edition:
Routledge Library edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
©1956
Physical Description:
154 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Includes bibliographic references (pages 151-152) and index.
Contents:
General introduction -- Introduction -- I. A catechism -- II. The two primeval spirits and creation -- III. The devil's onslaught -- IV. The necessity of dualism -- V. Man's first parents -- VI. The good religion -- VII. The good ethics -- VIII. Sacraments and sacrifice -- IX. The individual judgement at death -- X. The resurrection of the body and life everlasting.
Summary:
"Originally published in 1956, this book provides a clear, scholarly, introduction to the main tenets of Zoroastrian dualism presented largely in the words of the Zoroastrian texts themselves. The book demonstrates the essential reasonableness of Zoroastrian dualism, which is the dualism of a good and an evil spirit, and to show what the means in everyday life and how it is philosophically justified. There are chapters on cosmology, the relation of man to God, the nature of religion, ethics, sacraments and sacrifice, the soul’s fate at death and eschatology." -- Amazon.com
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OCLC Number:
on1389485544
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