Monotheism the Zoroastrian Way

Hintze, Almut

Abstract

This article examines seemingly monotheistic, polytheistic and dualistic features of Zoroastrianism from the point of view of the Zoroastrian creation myth. Exploring the personality of the principal deity, Ahura Mazdā, the origin of the spiritual and material worlds and the worship of the Yazatas, it is argued that Zoroastrianism has its own particular form of monotheism.

Citation

Hintze, A. (2014). Monotheism the Zoroastrian Way. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 24(2), 225-249. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186313000333

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Apr 24, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 15, 2020
• Journal: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
• Print ISSN: 1356-1863
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-0591
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 225-249
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186313000333
• Keywords: Zoroastrianism, Iranian Studies, Religious Studies, Monotheism, Dualism, Polytheism