New arguments, new evidence, same conclusion. The ideas that define monotheism were written down in Avestan before Hebrew existed as […]
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A standalone piece Most of the ancient world imagined the end as a darkness — the world burned away, the […]
Written by Diesel the Magus
A standalone piece Most of the world’s scriptures come to us at one remove — laws set down by later […]
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A standalone piece For five centuries, the finest minds of Greece and Rome looked back toward Zoroaster and saw the […]
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A standalone piece The claim that Zoroastrianism is the first monotheistic religion is made often, and it is made loosely […]
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References to the Magi and Zarathustra: A Catalog Across Civilizations A reference compilation — roughly one hundred genuine references across […]
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A reference compilation The Magi — the priestly class of the Medes and Persians — are among the most widely […]
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A standalone piece The ancient testimony to the Magi and to Zarathustra is real, broad, and badly under-credited. It comes […]
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Written by Diesel the Magus · A standalone piece In law, the most credible witness is often the hostile one. […]
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A standalone piece Josephus had no stake in the antiquity or prestige of the Magi. He was a first-century Jewish […]