Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of IslamCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: Chapters 11-12 of the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār by Mardānfarrox son of OhrmazddādEAN: 9781835538098ISBN: 9781835538098Publisher: Liverpool University PressRelease Date: 09/03/2024Description: Zoroastrianism was the religion of the ancient Persian kings and following the Arab conquest, it remained the religion of a significant portion of the population in Iran and parts of Central Asia. This book investigates the most important polemical treatise in the Zoroastrian tradition, the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār (“The Doubt-Dispelling Disquisition”), which was written by the theologian and philosopher Mardānfarrox son of Ohrmazddād. The text was composed in the ninth or tenth centuries in a language known as Middle Persian. A sophisticated work of rationalist theology, the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār systematically critiques several rival religions of the late antique and early medieval Middle East, including Islam. The critique of Islam found in chapters 11 and 12 is the only sustained, systematic polemic against Islam in premodern Zoroastrian literature, one that attacks monotheism by focusing on the problem of evil. The text is of fundamental importance for understanding Iran’s transformation from a predominantly Zoroastrian society to a predominantly Muslim one during the Early Middle Ages. This is the first book devoted to the Islamic sections of the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār. It provides a new translation and commentary of these important sections along with introductory chapters that explore Zoroastrians’ relationship with other religions in Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period; Mardānfarrox’s intellectual milieu (especially the influence of Islamic theology and interreligious debates); and the history of Zoroastrian polemics against Islam.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 147mmAuthor: Christian C. SahnerGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Translated Texts for HistoriansISBN-10: 1835538096Type: Slavery & EmancipationTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of Islam
Title: The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of Islam
Subtitle: Chapters 11-12 of the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār by Mardānfarrox son of
EAN: 9781835538098
ISBN: 9781835538098
Release Date: 09/03/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
ISBN-10: 1835538096
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of Islam : Chapters 11-12 of the Skand Gumānīg-Wizār by Mardānfarrox Son of Ohrmazddād
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Islam / Theology, Middle East / Iraq, Medieval, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), Zoroastrianism, Middle East / Iran
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Religion, History
Author: Christian C. Sahner
Series: Translated Texts for Historians Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
