Dualism in Transformation (Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion)

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Author(s): Shaul Shaked
Edition: 1
Year: 1994

Language: English
Pages: 176

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
DEDICATION......Page 3
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
I Cosmogony and Dualism......Page 12
II Eschatology and Vision......Page 34
III Man and the Divine......Page 60
IV A Hierarchy of Religious Expressions......Page 80
V The Instruments of Religion......Page 108
A. Notes on the Inscriptions of Kirdēr......Page 142
B. The Composition of Man in Zoroastrianism: Remarks on the Avestan Lists......Page 145
C. Pahlavi Discussions of the Composition of Man......Page 151
1. wārom......Page 154
2. wīr......Page 159
E. Some Passages from Dēnkard III......Page 162
References, Abbreviations, and Symbols......Page 170