Zoroaster's Own Contribution
@article{Gershevitch1964ZoroastersOC, title={Zoroaster's Own Contribution}, author={I. Gershevitch}, journal={Journal of Near Eastern Studies}, year={1964}, volume={23}, pages={12 - 38} }
nominator of these two apparently irreconcilable viewpoints is in Zoroaster's system Truth. For Truth is one of the organs, aspects, or emanations of Ahura Mazdah through which the god acts and becomes accessible. Two religions, therefore, appear to have been syncretized by the prophet: a monotheism centered in a god of whom Truth is an emanation, and a dualism in which Truth is primordial.3 The prophet himself refers to God's aspects or emanations by expressions which we may translate as… Expand
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