The present article surveys some relevant developments of conceptualizations of hell in the Rg-Veda, the Avestan corpus and the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) literature of the Zoroastrians, where hell is more extensively discussed. The article concludes by looking at the belief in heaven and hell among the world-wide Zoroastrian diaspora communities, urban laity in Mumbai, and professional priests in Westen India. The present article surveys some relevant developments of conceptualizations of hell in the Rg-Veda, the Avestan corpus and the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) literature of the Zoroastrians, where hell is more extensively discussed. The article concludes by looking at the belief in heaven and hell among the world-wide Zoroastrian diaspora communities, urban laity in Mumbai, and professional priests in Westen India.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2009
توصيف ظاهري
217-253
عنوان
Numen
شماره جلد
56/2-3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5276
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
ESCHATOLOGY
اصطلاح موضوعی
ETHICS
اصطلاح موضوعی
HELL
اصطلاح موضوعی
PRIESTS
اصطلاح موضوعی
SINS
اصطلاح موضوعی
ZOROASTRIANISM
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )