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Jennifer Rose, who teaches courses on Zoroastrianism at Claremont Graduate University, introduces herself not as Zoroastrian by birth or adherence, but explains that her grandmother was a Parsi, an Indian Zoroastrian, and it was that relationship that led her to the study of Zoroastrianism. In this lecture, Rose discusses the Gathas, the sacred books of Zoroastrianism which are attributed to Zarathushtra. These were written, likely in the mid-second millennium BCE in gathic Avesta, an ancient language of eastern Iran, and are considered accepted scripture in all circles of Zoroastrians. Rose insists that the Gathas do not speak of any kind of religious 'other', but instead of an ethical 'other'. She suggests there is a tolerance to the religiously other, and a spectrum of views on how to propagate the straight path or "asha". She suggests the ancient Persian or Achaemenid view is to encourage the straight path but not through forced conversion, while other views claimed exclusivity and access to the truth and believed in conversion.
Lectures and lecturing Zoroastrianism Avesta Zoroaster Iran Religious poetry Zoroastrianism--Sacred books Darius I, King of Persia, 548-485 B.C Ethics Religious tolerance
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Excerpt from digital video cassette: 120 minute video; Hi8 12:00-2:15, 4/15/07
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