Best zoroastrianism books according to redditors
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best zoroastrianism books. We ranked the 5 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best zoroastrianism books. We ranked the 5 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Mary Boyce's book, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices is the best Western book I am aware of. She spent time in the Yazd area about 10 years before I got there, and I was often asked if I knew her when I lived there.
Unfortunately, we never met, but I knew many of the Zoroastrians she interviewed.
https://www.amazon.com/Zend-Avesta-Zarathustra-S-Rahman/dp/0916411419
I'm not sure he has. In a sense it would be a more "pure" version of a lot of what JP talks about without all the academic aspects. In my opinion it is the core of what JP is getting at.
This book is a fantastic start: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Religion-Stephen-Flowers/dp/1885972997
Here is an interview with the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomiUEsqvAg
I'm not vouching for these in particular, but they're two of many that showed up:
https://www.amazon.com/Avesta-Religious-Books-Parsees-Volumes/dp/1421205009