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The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism by R. C. Zaehner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
Title......Page 3 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 13 Introduction......Page 17 Part I - Dawn......Page 29 1. The Prophet......Page 31 2. The Seven Chapters......Page 60 3. The Cultus......Page 77 4. Mithra......Page 95 5. Mithra - Yima - Mithras......Page 119 6. Fravashi - Vayu - Khwarenah......Page 143 7. Achaemenids and Magi......Page 152 Plates......Page 159 Part II - Twilight......Page 195 8. In Search of an Orthodoxy......Page 197 9. The Varieties of Zurvanism......Page 215 10. Classical Zurvanism......Page 233 11. Zurvān......Page 258 12. Ohrmazd and Ahriman......Page 270 13. Man......Page 287 14. The Religion and the King......Page 306 15. The End......Page 324 Abbreviations......Page 345 Notes......Page 347 Bibliography......Page 361 Appendix......Page 371 Index......Page 383
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- Author
- R. C. Zaehner
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction