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  • Zoroastrian Polemics against Judaism in the Doubt-Dispelling Exposition

    Author(s):
    Mizan: Journal for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations (view group) , Jason Mokhtarian
    Editor(s):
    Michael Pregill
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Mizan: Journal for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
    Subject(s):
    Civilization, Classical, History, Ancient, Religion, Iran, Area studies, Zoroastrianism
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Islamic Iran, Religious polemics, Biblical criticism, Interreligious relations, Bible in Iran, Late Antiquity, Religions of late Antiquity, Iranian studies, Sasanian Empire
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/qdbx-v193
    Abstract:
    This essay focuses on two anti-Jewish chapters from the ninth-century Zoroastrian apologetic-polemical book called the Doubt-Dispelling Exposition (Škand Gumānīg Wizār). This book represents the earliest sustained engagement of Zoroastrianism with Judaism and Jewish texts. Through a close analysis of the text, this essay demonstrates how the author of this complex work, who synopsizes Genesis 1–3 and some other passages from the Bible and rabbinic literature, focuses his attack on the inconsistencies and internal contradictions in how the “First Scripture” describes God’s power over creation, His intentions, and human free will. While this paper focuses on the contents and form of the Škand Gumānīg Wizār itself, it also alludes to the broader historical and intellectual environment in which the author, an educated Zoroastrian layman in search of religious truth, was operating in early Islamic Iran.
    Notes:
    This is a stable archival PDF of an open-access, peer-reviewed journal article originally published at www.mizanproject.org/journal/.
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    Publisher:
    Mizan Project (www.mizanproject.org/journal/)
    Pub. Date:
    December 2018
    Journal:
    Mizan: Journal for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations
    Volume:
    3
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    53 - 81
    ISSN:
    2472-5919
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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