From Manichaeism to Zoroastrianism: On the History of the Teaching of the ‘Two Principles’
The essential feature in the religious history of Pre-Islamic Iran is its dualistic worldview. It marks all stages of Zoroastrianism and also Manichaeism, in which dualism can be regarded as the most important Zoroastrian piece of inheritance. The following essay concentrates on two aspects of this...
| Publié dans: | Entangled Religions |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
[2020]
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Entangled Religions
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Manichéisme
/ Dualisme
/ Parsisme
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Religions du Proche-Orient ancien BF Gnosticisme |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Manichaeism
B dialectical development of dualism B Zoroastrianism |
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| Résumé: | The essential feature in the religious history of Pre-Islamic Iran is its dualistic worldview. It marks all stages of Zoroastrianism and also Manichaeism, in which dualism can be regarded as the most important Zoroastrian piece of inheritance. The following essay concentrates on two aspects of this ‘inheritance’ that have been overlooked until today: 1) The Manichaean dualism is consistently built on elements and tendencies that already existed, albeit covertly, in the Younger Avesta; and 2) The Manichaean dualism has thereby confronted Zoroastrian theologians with the task of giving an alternative and consistent formulation of dualism. Thus, the continuous attention both Dēnkard III and the Škand Gumānīg ī Wizār, two of the most philosophically inclined works in Pahlavi, give the concept of dualism seeks to articulate a relation between the notion of evil and the idea of the “finite,” and also to formulate the notion of "principle," seen as a demarcation from the Manichaean solution. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13154/er.11.2020.8573 |