Mary Boyce wrote this account from direct fieldwork among Zoroastrian communities in Iran and India alongside the historical and textual record, following the tradition from ancient Persia through to the living Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities she actually visited and studied, which is a different and stronger basis than a purely textual history would be. That combination of fieldwork and textual scholarship is its real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly revision to her specific claims since 1979. Use it for established historical and doctrinal facts about Zoroastrianism from antiquity to the present.
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Mary Boyce's standard academic account of Zoroastrianism, built from direct fieldwork among Zoroastrian communities in Iran and India alongside the historical and textual record, from the leading historian of the tradition. NotesMary Boyce's standard scholarly account of Zoroastrianism, covering its history, scripture, cosmology, ritual and community life from ancient Persia through the modern Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities. The leading academic reference on the tradition. Use for established historical and doctrinal facts about Zoroastrianism.
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AuthorMary Boyce
PublisherRoutledge and Kegan Paul, London
Publication Year1979
URLhttps://www.amazon.com/Zoroastrians-Religious-Beliefs-Practices-Library/dp/0415239036
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names India directly: "Zoroastrian communities in Iran and India alongside the historical and textual record, following the tradition from ancient Persia through to the living Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian communities she..."
Source Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and PracticesMary Boyce
This source names Iran directly: "among Zoroastrian communities in Iran and India alongside the historical and textual record, following the tradition from ancient Persia through to the living Parsi and Iranian Zoroastrian..."
Source Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and PracticesMary Boyce
Claims Backed By This Source (375 claims)
This source backs 375 claims across the atlas. As facts: 240 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 42 holds, 1 held Differently. Plus 90 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Alphabet Letters, 108 claims: 54 well-attested, 54 general references.
- Articles, 73 claims: 71 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Practices, 43 claims: 37 well-attested, 6 general references.
- Rituals, 28 claims: 15 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 7 holds, 5 general references.
- Denominations, 20 claims: 2 well-attested, 15 holds, 1 held Differently, 2 general references.
- Religious Offices, 18 claims: 14 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sacred Architecture, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.
- Mythical Creatures, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.
- Empires & Polities, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Bodies of Water, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Scripture Portions, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cities, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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240Showing 1 to 50 of 153 entities carrying this claim.
Holds
42Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
General References
90Showing 1 to 50 of 88 entities carrying this claim.
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