From Manichaeism to Zoroastrianism
On the History of the Teaching of the ‘Two Principles’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13099772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Götz König (0000-0003-4998-4146, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Entangled Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2363-6696 • E-ISSN: 2363-6696 |
| Publisher | CERES / KHK Bochum (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.46586/er.11.2020.8573 |
| OpenAlex | W4229879231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The essential feature in the religious history of Pre-Islamic Iran is its dualistic worldview. It marks all stages of Zoroastrianism and also Manichaeism, in which dualism can be regarded as the most important Zoroastrian piece of inheritance. The following essay concentrates on two aspects of this ‘inheritance’ that have been overlooked until today: 1) The Manichaean dualism is consistently built on elements and tendencies that already existed, albeit covertly, in the Younger Avesta; and 2) The Manichaean dualism has thereby confronted Zoroastrian theologians with the task of giving an alternative and consistent formulation of dualism. Thus, the continuous attention both Dēnkard III and the Škand Gumānīg ī Wizār, two of the most philosophically inclined works in Pahlavi, give the concept of dualism seeks to articulate a relation between the notion of evil and the idea of the “finite,” and also to formulate the notion of "principle," seen as a demarcation from the Manichaean solution
Dualism · Epistemology · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Islam · Relation (database · Theology · Zoroaster · Zoroastrianism · Ancient Near East History · Chemistry · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |