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Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil and an eschatology that predicts the ultimate triumph of good. The religion arises from the mystical utterancces of [[Zarathustra]], later written down by Sassanian priests in the 3rd Iranian empire. | Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil and an eschatology that predicts the ultimate triumph of good. The religion arises from the mystical utterancces of [[Zarathustra]], later written down by Sassanian priests in the 3rd Iranian empire. | ||
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Major features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, judgment after death, heaven and hell, and free will may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy,<ref> "Greece iii. [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-iii Persian Influence on Greek Thought]". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2019-07-14.</ref> Christianity, Islam,<ref>Hinnel, J (1997), The Penguin Dictionary of Religion, Penguin Books UK; Boyce, Mary (2001), Zoroastrians: their religious beliefs and practices, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd</ref> the Bahá'í Faith, and Buddhism.<ref> Beckwith, Christopher I. (2015). Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781400866328.</ref> | Major features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, judgment after death, heaven and hell, and free will may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy,<ref> "Greece iii. [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-iii Persian Influence on Greek Thought]". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2019-07-14.</ref> Christianity, Islam,<ref>Hinnel, J (1997), The Penguin Dictionary of Religion, Penguin Books UK; Boyce, Mary (2001), Zoroastrians: their religious beliefs and practices, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd</ref> the Bahá'í Faith, and Buddhism.<ref> Beckwith, Christopher I. (2015). Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781400866328.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:32, 8 April 2020
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil and an eschatology that predicts the ultimate triumph of good. The religion arises from the mystical utterancces of Zarathustra, later written down by Sassanian priests in the 3rd Iranian empire.
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Zorastrianism exalts a benevolent deity of wisdom, Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord), as its supreme being.
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Major features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, judgment after death, heaven and hell, and free will may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy,[1] Christianity, Islam,[2] the Bahá'í Faith, and Buddhism.[3]
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- ↑ "Greece iii. Persian Influence on Greek Thought". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ↑ Hinnel, J (1997), The Penguin Dictionary of Religion, Penguin Books UK; Boyce, Mary (2001), Zoroastrians: their religious beliefs and practices, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd
- ↑ Beckwith, Christopher I. (2015). Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781400866328.
