Cosmogonic Sacrifice
A number of prominent scholars of Zoroastrianism have recently taken up Marijan Molé’s thesis that Ahura Mazdā created the world by way of a sacrifice. This article examines the sources that have been adduced for the thesis. It concludes that neither in Avestan nor Pahlavi texts do we find any evide...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
2017
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Indo-Iranian journal
Ano: 2017, Volume: 60, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-16 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Zoroastrianism
sacrifice
cosmogony
Avesta
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| Resumo: | A number of prominent scholars of Zoroastrianism have recently taken up Marijan Molé’s thesis that Ahura Mazdā created the world by way of a sacrifice. This article examines the sources that have been adduced for the thesis. It concludes that neither in Avestan nor Pahlavi texts do we find any evidence for the supposed cosmogonic sacrifice. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8536 |
| Obras secundárias: | In: Indo-Iranian journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06001001 |