The Zoroastrian Provenance of Some Islamic Eschatological Doctrines
Zoroastrianism, as the major Iranian religion before the fall of the Sasanian Empire in the seventh century, exercised a deep influence on other religious traditions of the region around it. In particular, it has exercised a strong influence on the development of eschatological ideas in the Arabic a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Studies in religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-108 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zoroastrianism
/ Avesta
/ Islam
/ Hadith
/ Eschatology
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BF Gnosticism BJ Islam NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Hadith
B Zoroastrisme B Islam B Gathas B Coran B Gatahs B Avesta B Qurʾān B Zoroastrianism B textes pahlavis B Eschatology B Pahlavi texts |
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| Summary: | Zoroastrianism, as the major Iranian religion before the fall of the Sasanian Empire in the seventh century, exercised a deep influence on other religious traditions of the region around it. In particular, it has exercised a strong influence on the development of eschatological ideas in the Arabic and Islamic literature. This article explores some of the main features of the transmission of ideas from Zoroastrian sources to Islamic literature, focusing on doctrines regarding the judgment of souls after death. It argues that the Islamic literature that emerged in the first centuries of Islamic history borrowed several eschatological themes covered in Zoroastrian sources, and incorporated them into an Islamic theological system. Le zoroastrisme, principale religion iranienne avant la chute de l'empire sassanide au 7ème siècle, a exercé une profonde influence sur les autres traditions religieuses de la région. En particulier, il a exercé une forte influence sur le développement des idées eschatologiques dans la littérature islamique et arabe. Cet article explore quelques-unes des principales caractéristiques de la transmission des idées des sources zoroastriennes à la littérature islamique, en se concentrant sur les doctrines concernant le jugement des âmes après la mort. Il soutient que la littérature islamique qui a émergé aux premiers siècles de l'histoire musulmane a emprunté plusieurs thèmes eschatologiques couverts dans les sources zoroastriennes et les a intégrés dans le système théologique islamique. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-0587 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0008429819844499 |