‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism
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Tartalom: https://real.mtak.hu/216016/
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Subject = D History General and Old World / történelem: DS Asia / Ázsia
Subject = D History General and Old World / történelem: D0 History (General) / történelem általában
Subject = P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom: PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
Type = Article
Cím:
‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism
Létrehozó:
Choksy, Jamsheed K.
Dátum:
2024
Téma:
D0 History (General) / történelem általában
DS Asia / Ázsia
PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
Tartalmi leírás:
This article traces the concept of forgiveness and related displays of mercy as enjoined by Zoroastrian scrip- ture and exegesis and as displayed through the writings and actions of rulers and clerics. It connects those Zoroastrian themes to similar ones among ancient Greeks and medieval Manichaeans. Forgiveness emerges through this investigation as a central aspect of Zoroastrian piety and praxis, which the faith’s followers attributed back to Ahura Mazdā in his ascribed role as their creator deity. Therefore, as this analysis eluci- dates, Zoroastrians consistently held, exercised, and extolled forgiveness and mercy from ancient through medieval and even modern times, in their communities of Central Asia, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent.
Nyelv:
angol
Típus:
Article
PeerReviewed
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Formátum:
text
Azonosító:
Choksy, Jamsheed K. (2024) ‘Forgiveness is Goodness’: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 77 (4). pp. 541-556. ISSN 0001-6446
Kapcsolat:
doi:10.1556/062.2024.00419
Létrehozó:
cc_by_nc