Hell in Zoroastrian History

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" Hell in Zoroastrian History "
Michael Stausberg

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079011
Doc. No	:	LA122640
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852709X404991‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Stausberg
Title & Author	:	Hell in Zoroastrian History [Article]\ Michael Stausberg
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2009
Volume/ Issue Number	:	56/2-3
Page No	:	217–253
Abstract	:	The present article surveys some relevant developments of conceptualizations of hell in the Rg-Veda, the Avestan corpus and the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) literature of the Zoroastrians, where hell is more extensively discussed. The article concludes by looking at the belief in heaven and hell among the world-wide Zoroastrian diaspora communities, urban laity in Mumbai, and professional priests in Westen India. The present article surveys some relevant developments of conceptualizations of hell in the Rg-Veda, the Avestan corpus and the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) literature of the Zoroastrians, where hell is more extensively discussed. The article concludes by looking at the belief in heaven and hell among the world-wide Zoroastrian diaspora communities, urban laity in Mumbai, and professional priests in Westen India.
Descriptor	:	ESCHATOLOGY
Descriptor	:	ETHICS
Descriptor	:	HELL
Descriptor	:	PRIESTS
Descriptor	:	SINS
Descriptor	:	ZOROASTRIANISM
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852709X404991‬