Sasanian Creed or Byzantine Projection?: The Zurvanite Myth and Theodore of Mopsuestia's "Contra Magos"
Has the Zurvanite myth ever been representative of mainstream Iranian religion? This question remains a riddle. Before posing it, one should look at the provenance of that notorious myth. For all we can gather from the scanty sources, it appears that not only all East Syriac testimonies of the Zurva...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2020]
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Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2020, Volume: 96, Issue: 2, Pages: 291-311 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zurvanism
/ Creation myth
/ Theodorus, Mopsuestenus 352-428
/ Reception
/ History 400-800
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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