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  1. Sep 9, 2024 · Zoroastrianism, ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran with both monotheistic and dualistic elements that likely influenced the other major religions, including in angelology and eschatology. Zoroastrian communities still exist in Iran and in India, where they are known as Parsis.

    • Iconography

      Zoroastrianism - Fire, Ahura Mazda, Ahriman: There is no...

    • Zarathushtra

      Later Avestan and Pahlavi texts about Ahura Mazdā are...

    • Cosmology

      Zoroastrianism - Ahura Mazda, Dualism, Heavens: In order to...

    • The Sasanian Period

      Zoroastrianism - Sasanian, Dualism, Ahura Mazda: With...

    • Gāthā

      Other articles where Gāthā is discussed: Avestan language:...

  2. 4 days ago · The search for Abraham is the search for the divine in ourselves, that heavenly spark that calls us to pray three times a day or just eat challah on Friday nights or somehow feel a kinship with a ...

  3. 1 day ago · Zoroastrianism shaped Iranian culture and history, while scholars differ on whether it significantly influenced ancient Western philosophy and the Abrahamic religions, [5] [6] or gradually reconciled with other religions and traditions, such as Christianity and Islam. [7]

  4. 4 days ago · God was no longer Abraham's El Shaddai, the God of the mountain; nor Moses' tribal god, Yahweh; but He was now the perfect and universal Zoroastrian Ahura-Mazda. Histoey and Mythology The myths and religious ideas of Genesis are nothing but borrowings from Zoroastrianism according to Dr. Friedrich Spiegal in Avesta die Heiligen Schriften der ...

  5. 21 hours ago · Abraham is primarily a revered ancestor or patriarch (referred to as Avraham Avinu (אברהם אבינו in Hebrew) "Abraham our father") to whom God made several promises: chiefly, that he would have numberless descendants, who would receive the land of Canaan (the "Promised Land").

  6. 1 day ago · Zarathushtra Spitama[c] more commonly known as Zoroaster[d] or Zarathustra, [e] was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism.

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  8. Sep 16, 2024 · Abraham - Genesis, Scholarship, Bible: The saga of Abraham unfolds between two landmarks, the exodus from “Ur of the Chaldeans” (Ur Kasdim) of the family, or clan, of Terah and “the purchase of” (or “the burials in”) the cave of Machpelah. Tradition seems particularly firm on this point.

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