Religion, culture, and politics in pre-Islamic Iran: collected essays
Human unity and diversity in Zoroastrian mythology -- The one and the many in Iranian creation myths -- The cosmo-logic of Persian demonology -- Toward a more materialist ethics : vermin and poison in Zoroastrian thought -- Before religion? The Zoroastrian concept of Daēnā and two myths about it --...
| Published in: | Ancient Iran series |
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| Subtitles: | Essays. Selections |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
(2021)
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| In: |
Ancient Iran series (volume 14)
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| Series/Journal: | Ancient Iran series
volume 14 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Culture
/ Politics
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BF Gnosticism KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Iran Politics and government B Iran Civilization To 640 B Iran Religion |
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| Summary: | Human unity and diversity in Zoroastrian mythology -- The one and the many in Iranian creation myths -- The cosmo-logic of Persian demonology -- Toward a more materialist ethics : vermin and poison in Zoroastrian thought -- Before religion? The Zoroastrian concept of Daēnā and two myths about it -- Apocalyptic temporality and politics in the ancient world -- Religion, empire, and the spectre of orientalism : a recent controversy in Achaemenid studies -- Persian archers and paradise gardens : projecting power in the Achaemenid empire -- Physiological speculation and social patterning in a Pahlavi text -- Embryological speculation and gender politics in a Pahlavi text -- Pahlavi kirrēnīdan and traces of Iranian creation mythology -- Cēšmag, the lie, and the logic of Zoroastrian demonology -- Anomaly, science, and religion : treatment of the planets in medieval Zoroastrianism -- Of dirt, diet, and religious others : a theme in Zoroastrian thought -- The Indo-European myth of creation -- Treatment of hair and fingernails among the Indo Europeans -- The center of the world and the origins of life -- Hegelian meditations on "Indo-European" myths -- From purity to law : Avestan yaoždā and Latin iūs -- From ritual practice to esoteric knowledge : the problem of the Magi. "In Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran, Bruce Lincoln offers a vast overview on different aspects of the Indo-Iranian, Zoroastrian and Pre-Islamic mythologies, religions and cultural issues. The book is organized in four sections according to the body of evidence they engage most directly: Avestan, Old Persian, Pahlavi, and Iranian materials in comparison with other data, including studies of myths, especially those with cosmogonic implications, ritual practices, cosmological constructions of space and time, points of intersection between religion, ethics, law, and politics, ideological aspects of scientific and medical theorizing, social organization and gender relations, and other diverse topics"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite [343]-384 Mit Registern |
| ISBN: | 9004460284 |