Albert De Jong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert De Jong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | De Jong |
| SIGNATURE | DE JONG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alfons Loogman (1897‐1964)
In 1925 Alfons Loogman, a Holy Ghost Father, established the Catholic Swahili monthly paper Rafiki Yetu (‘Our Friend’) in Kenya. In the literature little is known about this journal, although it developed into the most important Catholic Swahili journal of East Africa. Loogman did not get much support of the apostolic vicar and his confreres for his initiative, so the publication of the journal became a personal enterprise. Rafiki Yetu was target…
Spiritual Elite Communities in the Contemporary Middle East
This article claims that we are in need of alternative ways of modelling religious diversity in the Middle East. This region is characterized by a high level of religious diversity, which can only be partly explained by the persistence of religions that were already in existence when Islam arose. Many communities came into being since the Islamization of the area. The communities addressed in this article therefore include one pre-Islamic traditi…
First Man, First Twins
The Dénkard and the Zoroastrians of Baghdad
Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians
The Sasanian Empire was home to many religious communities. It was also a place of meeting and transformation. The studies in this volume encompass a diverse array of topics concerning these religious communities inhabiting the Sasanian Empire. Some include the Roman East in their deliberations. Most, however, deal with the interaction of one or other religious community based in the Sasanian Empire with the dominant religion of the empire, Zoroa…
Anahita
Anahita was one of the most popular Iranian deities in antiquity. Originally, she was a river goddess and goddess of fertility.
Religion, Persian
In order to gain an overview of the variety of religion(s) in the Iranian world in antiquity, scholars need to make difficult choices. Since Iranians rejected the use of writing for literary and religious purposes (relying on oral transmission for both), there are few sources that can help out. Much of the discussion is dominated by attempts to combine the sources we have and give an estimate of the ways in which they are connected.
Ahriman
Ahriman is the name of the Evil Spirit in Zoroastrianism (Avestan angra mainyu , “the evil spirit”). In most versions of Zoroastrian theology, the supreme god Ahura Mazda has an eternal uncreated opponent, who is his exact counter‐image. The origins of this notion go back to the Gathas of Zarathushtra, although the name of Ahura Mazda's opponent became fixed only in later Avestan times and the systematic juxtaposition of the two spirits ‐ and the…
Magi, Persian
The Old Persian word magu ‐ means “priest.” It is well attested in documentary texts from the Achaemenid period, but its use in Old Persian royal inscriptions is limited to one specific case: that of the “usurper” Gaumata, who claimed to be Bardiya, king of the Persians, and who was unmasked and defeated by Darius.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda was the main deity of the Zoroastrian pantheon. Ahura Mazda (“the Wise Lord”) is first attested in the Gathas of Zarathushtra, the oldest Iranian texts in existence. The Gathas are dedicated wholly to him, for they praise him above all other spiritual beings. He is eternal and uncreated, the creator of everything and the maintainer of cosmic harmony. He is wholly good, and all evil is attributed to his opponent, Angra Mainyu. Although…
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism is the modern, western, name for the religion of ancient Iran. The name is derived from that of the religion's founder, Zarathushtra, known in the west as Zoroaster.
Ostanes
Ostanes is a legendary Persian sage ( magus ), who figures frequently in a wide variety of texts on magical and alchemical subjects from Antiquity.
Iranian Connections in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Zurvanism is a problematic subject in the history of the study of Zoroastrianism, for it was once hailed as the greatest challenge to ‘orthodox’ Zoroastrianism and many irreconcilable aspects with ‘real’ Zoroastrianism were conveniently disposed of by labelling them as ‘Zurbanite’ and, hence, aberrations. It has since been shown that very little evidence supports the notion of Zurvanism as a Zoroastrian ‘heresy’, and that it is mainly to be under…
Empsychoi Logoi — Religious Innovations in Antiquity
The contributions to this volume all deal with the crucial problem of change in the religious traditions of the ancient world. They range from broad overviews to detailed case-studies, discussing examples from Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Manichaean literature.
Empsychoi Logoi -- Religious Innovations in Antiquity
The beginning and the end of the Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr
Different readings of the first and the last phrase of the short Middle Persian text Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr are suggested; these show that its beginning and end are not as strange or exceptional as is suggested in its latest edition. In particular, it is argued here that a Middle Persian translation of the title of the 'Abbāsid caliph al-Manṣūr can be found in the text
Africans Viewed in the Missionary Mirror Shifts in the 'Black-White' Thinking of Dutch Missionaries on Africans and Their Culture in East Africa 1945-1965
Purification in absentia
Preliminary material
Select Bibliography
Views of Zoroastrian History
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
Preliminary Questions
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Words
Spiritual Elite Communities in the Contemporary Middle East
This article claims that we are in need of alternative ways of modelling religious diversity in the Middle East. This region is characterized by a high level of religious diversity, which can only be partly explained by the persistence of religions that were already in existence when Islam arose. Many communities came into being since the Islamization of the area. The communities addressed in this article therefore include one pre-Islamic traditi…
Church and Theology in Context An New Series on Theology of Mission
Jeh the Primal Whore? Observations on Zoroastrian Misogyny
Preliminary material
Select Bibliography
Views of Zoroastrian History
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
Preliminary Questions
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Words
Final Observations
A Commentary on Five Selected Longer Passages
Thematic Inventory of the Greek and Latin Texts
Index of Sources
Purification in absentia
Africans Viewed in the Missionary Mirror Shifts in the 'Black-White' Thinking of Dutch Missionaries on Africans and Their Culture in East Africa 1945-1965
Empsychoi Logoi — Religious Innovations in Antiquity
The contributions to this volume all deal with the crucial problem of change in the religious traditions of the ancient world. They range from broad overviews to detailed case-studies, discussing examples from Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Manichaean literature.
Empsychoi Logoi -- Religious Innovations in Antiquity
The beginning and the end of the Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr
Different readings of the first and the last phrase of the short Middle Persian text Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr are suggested; these show that its beginning and end are not as strange or exceptional as is suggested in its latest edition. In particular, it is argued here that a Middle Persian translation of the title of the 'Abbāsid caliph al-Manṣūr can be found in the text
Iranian Connections in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Zurvanism is a problematic subject in the history of the study of Zoroastrianism, for it was once hailed as the greatest challenge to ‘orthodox’ Zoroastrianism and many irreconcilable aspects with ‘real’ Zoroastrianism were conveniently disposed of by labelling them as ‘Zurbanite’ and, hence, aberrations. It has since been shown that very little evidence supports the notion of Zurvanism as a Zoroastrian ‘heresy’, and that it is mainly to be under…
Anahita
Anahita was one of the most popular Iranian deities in antiquity. Originally, she was a river goddess and goddess of fertility.
Religion, Persian
In order to gain an overview of the variety of religion(s) in the Iranian world in antiquity, scholars need to make difficult choices. Since Iranians rejected the use of writing for literary and religious purposes (relying on oral transmission for both), there are few sources that can help out. Much of the discussion is dominated by attempts to combine the sources we have and give an estimate of the ways in which they are connected.
Ahriman
Ahriman is the name of the Evil Spirit in Zoroastrianism (Avestan angra mainyu , “the evil spirit”). In most versions of Zoroastrian theology, the supreme god Ahura Mazda has an eternal uncreated opponent, who is his exact counter‐image. The origins of this notion go back to the Gathas of Zarathushtra, although the name of Ahura Mazda's opponent became fixed only in later Avestan times and the systematic juxtaposition of the two spirits ‐ and the…
Magi, Persian
The Old Persian word magu ‐ means “priest.” It is well attested in documentary texts from the Achaemenid period, but its use in Old Persian royal inscriptions is limited to one specific case: that of the “usurper” Gaumata, who claimed to be Bardiya, king of the Persians, and who was unmasked and defeated by Darius.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda was the main deity of the Zoroastrian pantheon. Ahura Mazda (“the Wise Lord”) is first attested in the Gathas of Zarathushtra, the oldest Iranian texts in existence. The Gathas are dedicated wholly to him, for they praise him above all other spiritual beings. He is eternal and uncreated, the creator of everything and the maintainer of cosmic harmony. He is wholly good, and all evil is attributed to his opponent, Angra Mainyu. Although…
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism is the modern, western, name for the religion of ancient Iran. The name is derived from that of the religion's founder, Zarathushtra, known in the west as Zoroaster.
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