The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

Notes on Contributors ix
<p>Acknowledgments xi</p>
<p>Aims and Scope xiii</p>
<p>A Note on Transcriptions xix</p>
<p>Abbreviations xxiii</p>
<p>Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1<br />Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab Dinshaw Vevaina</p>
<p>Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19</p>
<p>1 Zarathustra s Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21<br />Frantz Grenet</p>
<p>2 Zarathustra s Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31<br />Almut Hintze</p>
<p>3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gat ha s 39 a The Gat has 39<br />Helmut Humbach</p>
<p>b The Ga tha s, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44<br />Jean Kellens</p>
<p>c Dimensions of the Ga tha s as Poetry 51<br />Martin Schwartz</p>
<p>d The Ga tha s as Myth and Ritual 59<br />Prods Oktor Skj&aelig;rv&oslash;</p>
<p>4 Zarathustra: Post–Gathic Trajectories 69<br />Michael Stausberg</p>
<p>Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83</p>
<p>5 Religion and Politics in Pre Islamic Iran 85<br />Albert de Jong</p>
<p>6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103<br />Touraj Daryaee</p>
<p>7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119<br />Albert de Jong</p>
<p>8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129<br />Frantz Grenet</p>
<p>9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147<br />Takeshi Aoki</p>
<p>10 The Parsis 157<br />John R. Hinnells</p>
<p>11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173<br />Michael Stausberg</p>
<p>12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191<br />John R. Hinnells</p>
<p>Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209</p>
<p>13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211<br />Yuhan Sohrab Dinshaw Vevaina</p>
<p>14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235<br />Antonio Panaino</p>
<p>15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259<br />Carlo G. Cereti</p>
<p>16 Gender 273<br />Jenny Rose</p>
<p>17 Law in Pre Modern Zoroastrianism 289<br />Maria Macuch</p>
<p>18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299<br />Mitra Sharafi</p>
<p>Part IV Practices and Sites 313</p>
<p>19 Ethics 315<br />Alberto Cantera</p>
<p>20 Prayer 333<br />Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek</p>
<p>21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345<br />Alan V. Williams</p>
<p>22 Rituals 363<br />Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia</p>
<p>23 Festivals and the Calendar 379<br />Jenny Rose</p>
<p>24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393<br />Jamsheed K. Choksy</p>
<p>Part V Intersections 407</p>
<p>25 Early India and Iran 409<br />Prods Oktor Skj&aelig;rv&oslash;</p>
<p>26 Judaism 423<br />Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda</p>
<p>27 The Classical World 437<br />Martin L. West</p>
<p>28 From Mi ra to Roman Mithras 451<br />Richard L. Gordon</p>
<p>29 Christianity 457<br />Marco Frenschkowski</p>
<p>30 Manichaeism in Iran 477<br />Manfred Hutter</p>
<p>31 Islam 491<br />Shaul Shaked</p>
<p>32 The Yezidi and Yarsan Traditions 499<br />Philip G. Kreyenbroek</p>
<p>33 The Baha Faith 505<br />Moojan Momen</p>
<p>Part VI Primary Sources 517</p>
<p>34 Primary Sources: Avestan and Pahlavi 519<br />Miguel &Aacute;ngel Andr&eacute;s Toledo</p>
<p>35 Primary Sources: New Persian 529<br />Daniel J. Sheffield</p>
<p>36 Primary Sources: Gujarati 543<br />Daniel J. Sheffield</p>
<p>Bibliography 555</p>
<p>Index of People, Places, and Topics 629</p>
<p>Index Locorum 655</p>