Dr. Yishai Kiel is a Blaustein postdoctoral associate and lecturer at the Program in Judaic Studies and the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature and Sassanian Studies from the Hebrew University and his rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He is the author of Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud: Christian and Sasanian Contexts in Late Antiquity.
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September 20, 2019
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In the Persian period, the Torah, which is made up of various law collections, was ascribed to Moses as revealed by YHWH. A parallel development was taking place in Achaemenid Persia that sheds light on this process: The sacred texts called the Avesta, that contain the law (dāta) and tradition (daēnā) of Zoroastrianism, were being collectively ascribed to Zarathustra (Zoroaster) as revealed by Ahuramazdā.
In the Persian period, the Torah, which is made up of various law collections, was ascribed to Moses as revealed by YHWH. A parallel development was taking place in Achaemenid Persia that sheds light on this process: The sacred texts called the Avesta, that contain the law (dāta) and tradition (daēnā) of Zoroastrianism, were being collectively ascribed to Zarathustra (Zoroaster) as revealed by Ahuramazdā.
The historical association of Abraham and Nimrod with Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism
The historical association of Abraham and Nimrod with Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism
