Addressing the question of the origins of the Zoroastrian religion, this book argues that the intransigent opposition to the cult of the da vas, 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 da va cult as it appears in the G th s, the oldest part of the Zoroastrian sacred text, the Avesta, had eschatological pretentions. The poet of the G th s condemns these as deception. The book critically...
Addressing the question of the origins of the Zoroastrian religion, this book argues that the intransigent opposition to the cult of the da vas<...
