Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables



part 1: Indo-Iranian, Avestan, and General Iranian

1 Human Unity and Diversity in Zoroastrian Mythology



2 The One and the Many in Iranian Creation Myths



3 The Cosmo-Logic of Persian Demonology



4 Toward a more Materialist Ethics: Vermin and Poison in Zoroastrian Thought



5 Before Religion? The Zoroastrian Concept of Daena and Two Myths about It



part 2: Old Persian and Achaemenid

6 Apocalyptic Temporality and Politics in the Ancient World



7 Religion, Empire, and the Spectre of Orientalism: A Recent Controversy in Achaemenid Studies



8 Persian Archers and Paradise Gardens: Projecting Power in the Achaemenid Empire



part 3: Pahlavi

9 Physiological Speculation and Social Patterning in a Pahlavi Text



10 Embryological Speculation and Gender Politics in a Pahlavi Text



11 Pahlavi kirrenidan and Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology



12 Cesmag, the Lie, and the Logic of Zoroastrian Demonology



13 Anomaly, Science, and Religion: Treatment of the Planets in Medieval Zoroastrianism



14 Of Dirt, Diet, and Religious Others: A Theme in Zoroastrian Thought



part 4: Iranian Materials in Comparative Perspective

15 The Indo-European Myth of Creation



16 Treatment of Hair and Fingernails among the Indo Europeans



17 The Center of the World and the Origins of Life



18 Hegelian Meditations on "Indo-European" Myths



19 From Purity to Law: Avestan yaozda and Latin ius



20 From Ritual Practice to Esoteric Knowledge: The Problem of the Magi

Bibliography

Index of Words

Index of Sources

Index of Subjects

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• Zoroastrismo
• História do Oriente Médio

Achamenid; Avesta; Avestan; Indo-Iranian; Middle Persian; Mythology; Pahlavi Literature; Zoroastriansim