The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

Informationen zum Autor THE EDITORS MICHAEL STAUSBERG is a Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His books in English include Religion and Tourism: Crossroads, Destinations, and Encounters (2011) and Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism (2008), and he is the editor or co-editor of Defining Magic (2013), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religions (2011), Contemporary Theories of Religion (2009), and Theorizing Rituals (2 vols., 2006-2007). Dr. Stausberg has also published widely on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism in German; he is co-editor of the international journal Religion . YUHAN SOHRAB-DINSHAW VEVAINA is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford University. After completing his PhD in 2007 at Harvard University, he served as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Undergraduate Core Curriculum and as the Lecturer on Old Iranian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Dr. Vevaina has authored articles for peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, and in 2010 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, USA. He is currently completing a book project on Zoroastrian hermeneutics in Late Antiquity. Klappentext This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions* Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions* Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries* Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion Zusammenfassung Presents the comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions. This book presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xiAims and Scope xiiiA Note on Transcriptions xixAbbreviations xxiiiIntroduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw VevainaPart I Zarathustra Revisited 191 Zarathustra's Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21Frantz Grenet2 Zarathustra's Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31Almut Hintze3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gat has 39 a The Gat has 39Helmut Humbachb The Gathas, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44Jean Kellensc Dimensions of the Gathas as Poetry 51Martin Schwartzd The Gathas as Myth and Ritual 59Prods Oktor Skjærvø4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69Michael StausbergPart II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 835 Religion and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran 85Albert de Jong6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103Touraj Daryaee7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119Albert de Jong8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129Frantz Grenet9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147Takeshi Aoki10 The Parsis 157John R. Hinnells11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173Michael Stausberg12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191John R. HinnellsPart III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 20913 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235Antonio Panaino15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259Carlo G. Cereti16 Gender 273Jenny Rose17 Law in Pre-Modern Zoroastrianism 289Maria Macuch18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299Mitra SharafiPart IV Practices and Sites 31319 Ethics 315Alberto Cantera20 Prayer 333Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek21 Purity and Pollution...

Autorentext
THE EDITORS MICHAEL STAUSBERG is a Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His books in English include Religion and Tourism: Crossroads, Destinations, and Encounters (2011) and Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism (2008), and he is the editor or co-editor of Defining Magic (2013), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religions (2011), Contemporary Theories of Religion (2009), and Theorizing Rituals (2 vols., 2006-2007). Dr. Stausberg has also published widely on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism in German; he is co-editor of the international journal Religion. YUHAN SOHRAB-DINSHAW VEVAINA is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford University. After completing his PhD in 2007 at Harvard University, he served as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Undergraduate Core Curriculum and as the Lecturer on Old Iranian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Dr. Vevaina has authored articles for peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, and in 2010 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, USA. He is currently completing a book project on Zoroastrian hermeneutics in Late Antiquity.

Klappentext
This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions * Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions * Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries * Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion

Inhalt
Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Aims and Scope xiii A Note on Transcriptions xix Abbreviations xxiii Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1 Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19 1 Zarathustra's Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21 Frantz Grenet 2 Zarathustra's Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31 Almut Hintze 3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Gat has 39 a The Gat has 39 Helmut Humbach b The Gathas, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44 Jean Kellens c Dimensions of the Gathas as Poetry 51 Martin Schwartz d The Gathas as Myth and Ritual 59 Prods Oktor Skjærvø 4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69 Michael Stausberg Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83 5 Religion and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran 85 Albert de Jong 6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103 Touraj Daryaee 7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119 Albert de Jong 8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129 Frantz Grenet 9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147 Takeshi Aoki 10 The Parsis 157 John R. Hinnells 11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173 Michael Stausberg 12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191 John R. Hinnells Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209 13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211 Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina 14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235 Antonio Panaino 15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259 Carlo G. Cereti 16 Gender 273 Jenny Rose 17 Law in Pre-Modern Zoroastrianism 289 Maria Macuch 18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299 Mitra Sharafi Part IV Practices and Sites 313 19 Ethics 315 Alberto Cantera 20 Prayer 333 Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek 21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345 Alan V. Williams 22 Rituals 363 Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia 23 Festivals and the Calendar 379 Jenny Rose 24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393 Jamsheed K. Choksy Part V Intersections 407 25 Early India and Iran 409 Prods Oktor Skjærvø 26 Judaism 423 Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda 27 The Classical World 437 Martin L. West 28 From Mithetara to Roman Mithras 451 Richard L. Gordon 29 Christianity 457 Marco Frenschkowski 30 Manichaeism in Iran 477 Manfred Hutter 31 Islam 491 Shaul Shaked 32 The Yezidi and Y…

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