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Title: Gifts to a Magus

Gifts to a Magus

Indo-Iranian Studies Honoring Firoze Kotwal

by Jamsheed K. Choksy (Volume editor) Jennifer Dubeansky (Volume editor)
©2013 Monographs XIX, 342 Pages
Science, Society & Culture
Series: Toronto Studies in Religion, Volume 32

Summary

This fascinating volume consists of articles by world-renowned scholars of Zoroastrian, Iranian, Parsi, and Jewish studies. The topics covered range from the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) and the ancient Indo-Iranians to the modern Zoroastrians and Jews of Iran and India. Insightful descriptions of divinities and demons, priests and laity will capture the attention of readers as will absorbing discussions of good and evil, rituals and documents, and of communities past and present.

Details

Pages
XIX, 342
Year
2013
ISBN (PDF)
9781453910184
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433120510
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1018-4
Language
English
Publication date
2013 (April)
Keywords
divinities demons laity rituals priests
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2013. 364 pp., num. ill.

Biographical notes

Jamsheed K. Choksy (Volume editor) Jennifer Dubeansky (Volume editor)

Jamsheed K. Choksy received his BA from Columbia University and his PhD from Harvard University. He is Professor of Iranian Studies, Professor of History, and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. Choksy was nominated by the U.S. president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a member of the National Council on the Humanities. Jennifer Dubeansky received her BA and her MA from Indiana University. She is currently a double PhD candidate in Central Eurasian studies and in religious studies at Indiana University. Her research focuses on ancient Iran and Central Asia and on the religions, archeology, numismatics, and history of those regions.

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