Hagiography and Monotheism in History: Doctrinal encounters between Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity 1

Choksy, Jamsheed K.

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“…Linking Egypt and India with a route running right through the Holy Lands (Brozyna 1999), it is perhaps the oldest continuous trade route in history. The Zoroastrian influences on ancient Judaism are the subject of much debate and scholarship (Isbell 2006;Foltz 2004;Choksy 2003;Neusner 1966). But whatever the case, the Old Te stament was not written down and given "divine" authorship until about 360 B.C.E, the Talmud 200-500 C.E.…”

Section: Gods On the Incense Roadmentioning

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Strange Fires, Weird Smokes and Psychoactive Combustibles: Entheogens and Incense in Ancient Traditions

Dannaway¹

2010

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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This paper seeks to emphasize what may be the most primary mode of altering consciousness in the ancient world: namely, the burning of substances for inhalation in enclosed areas. While there is abundant literature on archaic uses of entheogenic plants, the literature on psychoactive incenses is quite deficient. From the tents of nomadic tribes to the small meditation rooms of Taoist adepts, the smoldering fumes of plants and resins have been used to invoke and banish and for shamanic travels since humanity mastered fire. The text provides details of primary "incense cults" while highlighting some commonalities and shared influences when possible. Further speculation suggests that selective burning of certain substances, such as mercury and sulphur, may have contributed to their lasting use and veneration in alchemy from India and China to the Arabian and European protochemists. This article would have a companion online database for images and further examples of ingredients in various incenses from China to ancient Greece.

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Section: Gods On the Incense Roadmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strange Fires, Weird Smokes and Psychoactive Combustibles: Entheogens and Incense in Ancient Traditions

Dannaway¹

2010

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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Iranian Thought: Pre‐Islamic

Choksy

2021

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion

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This entry discusses the conditions and places, main thinkers, schools and movements, and impacts and legacies of religious and philosophical thought among ancient Iranian peoples and societies. The period under examination ranges from the second millennium bce to the first millennium ce. The geographical region covers the areas inhabited by Iranian peoples and therefore extends from Central Asia through present‐day Iran and Iraq. The major schools of thought examined are Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Mandaeism. The impact of these faiths and movements on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is discussed through tenets such as good versus evil, combat theology, life and death, judgment and afterlife, apocalypse and eschatology, resurrection, and heaven on earth.

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Shades of the Secular

McCaffree

2017

The Secular Landscape

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Hagiography and Monotheism in History: Doctrinal encounters between Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity 1

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Strange Fires, Weird Smokes and Psychoactive Combustibles: Entheogens and Incense in Ancient Traditions

Strange Fires, Weird Smokes and Psychoactive Combustibles: Entheogens and Incense in Ancient Traditions

Iranian Thought: Pre‐Islamic

Shades of the Secular

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