The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions

• Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions
• Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries
• Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion

Nyckelord: Zarathustra, Zoroaster, religious studies, religion, religious history, history of religion, Iranian history, law and religion, myth, ritual, hermeneutics, gender, festivals, Middle East, Near East, Central Asia, South Asia, Zoroastrian Studies, Iran, Islam, India, Judaism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Hinduism, The Kurds, Baha'i, the Classics, Mithraism