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Zoroastrianism and Ancient Iranian Religion

Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come

The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith

by Norman Cohn

A study of ancient ideas of cosmic order and its final renewal in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Israel and early Christianity. Cohn argues that Zoroastrianism played a decisive role in the emergence of apocalyptic expectation. Accessible and wide-ranging.

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