Zoroaster

Zarathushtra (Zara?u?tra), usually known in English as Zoroaster after the Greek version of the name, ??????????, was a Persian (Iranian) prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism, which was the national religion of Persia from the time of the Achaemenidae to the close of the Sassanid period. Zoroaster was probably born in the northeastern part of Persia (Iran), though there is also a tradition that he came from Balkh in modern day Afghanistan. In Modern Persian the name takes the form of Zarto?t or Zardo?t (?????).

Bibliography

Boyce, Mary. Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism, University of Chicago Press, 1984.

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Gnoli, Gherado. Zoroaster in History, Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series 2, Bibliotheca Persica 2000.

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Gnoli, Gherardo. "Agathias and the Date of Zoroaster," Eran ud Aneran, Festrschrift Marshak, 2003. http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/gnoli.html http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/gnoli.html

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Humbach, Helmut. The Gathas of Zarathushtra, Heidelburg, 1991.

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Shapur Shahbazi, Ali Reza. “The Traditional Date of Zoroaster Explained”, BSOAS, Vol 40, No. 1. London. http://www.azargoshnasp.net/~iran/Din/traditionaldateofzoroaster.pdf http://www.azargoshnasp.net/~iran/Din/traditionaldateofzoroaster.pdf

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