Religion, culture, and politics in pre-Islamic Iran : collected essays
Lincoln, Bruce.
Religion, culture, and politics in pre-Islamic Iran : collected essays - Boston : BRILL, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (433 pages) - Ancient Iran Ser. . - Ancient Iran Ser. .
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Part 1 Indo-Iranian, Avestan, and General Iranian -- Chapter 1 Human Unity and Diversity in Zoroastrian Mythology -- Chapter 2 The One and the Many in Iranian Creation Myths -- Chapter 3 The Cosmo-Logic of Persian Demonology -- Chapter 4 Toward a more Materialist Ethics: Vermin and Poison in Zoroastrian Thought -- Chapter 5 Before Religion? The Zoroastrian Concept of Daēnā and Two Myths about It -- Part 2 Old Persian and Achaemenid -- Chapter 6 Apocalyptic Temporality and Politics in the Ancient World -- Chapter 7 Religion, Empire, and the Spectre of Orientalism: A Recent Controversy in Achaemenid Studies -- Chapter 8 Persian Archers and Paradise Gardens: Projecting Power in the Achaemenid Empire -- Part 3 Pahlavi -- Chapter 9 Physiological Speculation and Social Patterning in a Pahlavi Text -- Chapter 10 Embryological Speculation and Gender Politics in a Pahlavi Text -- Chapter 11 Pahlavi kirrēnīdan and Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology -- Chapter 12 Cēšmag, the Lie, and the Logic of Zoroastrian Demonology -- Chapter 13 Anomaly, Science, and Religion: Treatment of the Planets in Medieval Zoroastrianism -- Chapter 14 Of Dirt, Diet, and Religious Others: A Theme in Zoroastrian Thought -- Part 4 Iranian Materials in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 15 The Indo-European Myth of Creation -- Chapter 16 Treatment of Hair and Fingernails among the Indo Europeans -- Chapter 17 The Center of the World and the Origins of Life -- Chapter 18 Hegelian Meditations on "Indo-European" Myths -- Chapter 19 From Purity to Law: Avestan yaoždā and Latin iūs -- Chapter 20 From Ritual Practice to Esoteric Knowledge: The Problem of the Magi -- Bibliography -- Index of Words -- Index of Sources -- Index of Subjects.
9789004460294
Religion
Kultur
Politik
Iran
Fernzugriff
Religion, culture, and politics in pre-Islamic Iran : collected essays - Boston : BRILL, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (433 pages) - Ancient Iran Ser. . - Ancient Iran Ser. .
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Part 1 Indo-Iranian, Avestan, and General Iranian -- Chapter 1 Human Unity and Diversity in Zoroastrian Mythology -- Chapter 2 The One and the Many in Iranian Creation Myths -- Chapter 3 The Cosmo-Logic of Persian Demonology -- Chapter 4 Toward a more Materialist Ethics: Vermin and Poison in Zoroastrian Thought -- Chapter 5 Before Religion? The Zoroastrian Concept of Daēnā and Two Myths about It -- Part 2 Old Persian and Achaemenid -- Chapter 6 Apocalyptic Temporality and Politics in the Ancient World -- Chapter 7 Religion, Empire, and the Spectre of Orientalism: A Recent Controversy in Achaemenid Studies -- Chapter 8 Persian Archers and Paradise Gardens: Projecting Power in the Achaemenid Empire -- Part 3 Pahlavi -- Chapter 9 Physiological Speculation and Social Patterning in a Pahlavi Text -- Chapter 10 Embryological Speculation and Gender Politics in a Pahlavi Text -- Chapter 11 Pahlavi kirrēnīdan and Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology -- Chapter 12 Cēšmag, the Lie, and the Logic of Zoroastrian Demonology -- Chapter 13 Anomaly, Science, and Religion: Treatment of the Planets in Medieval Zoroastrianism -- Chapter 14 Of Dirt, Diet, and Religious Others: A Theme in Zoroastrian Thought -- Part 4 Iranian Materials in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 15 The Indo-European Myth of Creation -- Chapter 16 Treatment of Hair and Fingernails among the Indo Europeans -- Chapter 17 The Center of the World and the Origins of Life -- Chapter 18 Hegelian Meditations on "Indo-European" Myths -- Chapter 19 From Purity to Law: Avestan yaoždā and Latin iūs -- Chapter 20 From Ritual Practice to Esoteric Knowledge: The Problem of the Magi -- Bibliography -- Index of Words -- Index of Sources -- Index of Subjects.
9789004460294
Religion
Kultur
Politik
Iran
Fernzugriff