02504cam a2200493Mu 4500 ocn811491062 OCoLC 20200709055558.0 m d cr |n| 120906s2011 xx o 000 0 eng d MHW eng MHW OCLCQ YDXCP EBLCP N$T 9780773418622 (electronic bk.) 0773418628 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)811491062 477465 (N$T) BL1571 REL 069000 bisacsh 295.63 N$TA Estakhr, Mehdi. The Place of Zoroaster in History [electronic resource] : Using the Cult of Personality as a Literary Source of Authority in the Western Tradition. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. 1 online resource (614 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Europe's fascination with Zoroaster began in the classical period. Celebrated as the embodiment of wisdom and morality, and enjoying the prestige of an unfathomable antiquity, a personality cult, with validating authority, was created around him. This led several western schools of thought to claim him as their precursor and first master; foisting their own ideas under him to give them validity. When Zoroaster was metamorphed into an astrologer, his authority was also sought by those circles for which astrological occurences provided proof for claims they made, such as certain Neo-Platonists a Zoroastrian symbolism -- Catalogs. Zoroastrianism -- History -- Catalogs. Zoroastrianism in literature -- Catalogs. Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism Relations Christianity. Christianity and other religions Zoroastrianism. RELIGION / Zoroastrianism bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: 9780773426085 http://www.msvu.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.msvu.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1010222 Check for Full Text http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1010222 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=477465 YBP Library Services YANK 9600464 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1010222 EBSCOhost EBSC 477465 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51560 51560