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The Daēva Cult in the Gāthās: An Ideological Archaeology of Zoroastrianism: Iranian Studies

Autor Amir Ahmadi
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2015
Addressing the question of the origins of the Zoroastrian religion, this book argues that the intransigent opposition to the cult of the daēvas, the ancient Indo-Iranian gods, is the root of the development of the two central doctrines of Zoroastrianism: cosmic dualism and eschatology (fate of the soul after death and its passage to the other world).
The daēva cult as it appears in the Gāthās, the oldest part of the Zoroastrian sacred text, the Avesta, had eschatological pretentions. The poet of the Gāthās condemns these as deception. The book critically examines various theories put forward since the 19th century to account for the condemnation of the daēvas. It then turns to the relevant Gāthic passages and analyzes them in detail in order to give a picture of the cult and the reasons for its repudiation. Finally, it examines materials from other sources, especially the Greek accounts of Iranian ritual lore (mainly) in the context of the mystery cults. Classical Greek writers consistently associate the nocturnal ceremony of the magi with the mysteries as belonging to the same religious-cultural category. This shows that Iranian religious lore included a nocturnal rite that aimed at ensuring the soul’s journey to the beyond and a desirable afterlife.
Challenging the prevalent scholarship of the Greek interpretation of Iranian religious lore and proposing a new analysis of the formation of the Hellenistic concept of ‘magic,’ this book is an important resource for students and scholars of History, Religion and Iranian Studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138847668
ISBN-10: 1138847666
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Iranian Studies

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction 1 Monotheistic Thesis 2 Ahura-Cult Thesis 3 Ethno-Historical Thesis 4 Ritualistic Thesis 5 The Choice 6 The Daeva Cult 7 Chthonic Features of the Daeva Cult 8 The Nocturnal Rite 9 The Greek Mysteries 10 The Magi in Heraclitus and the Derveni Author 11 The Divine Man, the Goēs and the Magician 12 Initiation-based Youth Bands and Initiatory Sacrifice 13 Eschatology Conclusion

Notă biografică

Amir Ahmadi is an Adjunct Researcher at the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University. He has published in Philosophy, History of Religions and Iranian Studies.

Descriere

Addressing the question of the origins of the Zoroastrian religion, this book argues that the intransigent opposition to the cult of the daēvas, the ancient Indo-Iranian gods, is the root of the development of the two central doctrines of Zoroastrianism: cosmic dualism and eschatology (fate of the soul after death and its passage to the other world).