Intersubjectivity and Multiple Realities in Zarathushtra’s Gathas

The Gathas, a corpus of seventeen poems in Old Avestan composed by the ancient Iranian poet-priest Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) ca. 1200 B.C.E., is the foundation document of Zoroastrian religion. Even though the dualistic axiology of the Gathas has been widely noted, it has proved very difficult to und...

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Main Author: Louchakova-Schwartz, Olga (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
In: Open theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 471-488
Further subjects:B Axiology
B lifeworld
B inverse intentionality
B the invisible
B Intersubjectivity
B multiple realities
B Dreams
B Phenomenology
B Iranian Studies
B Reduction
B Religious Experience
B Zoroaster
B Gathas
B Zarathushtra
B Philosophy of religion
B Moral Theology
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