Zoroastrianism was the religion of the ancient Persian kings and
following the Arab conquest, it remained the religion of a
significant portion of the population in Iran and parts of Central
Asia. This book investigates the most important polemical treatise
in the Zoroastrian tradition, the kand Gumānīg-Wizār
(“The Doubt-Dispelling Disquisition”), which was written by the
theologian and philosopher Mardānfarrox son of Ohrmazddād. The
text was composed in the ninth or tenth centuries in a language
known as Middle Persian. A sophisticated work of rationalist
theology, the kand Gumānīg-Wizār systematically critiques
several rival religions of the late antique and early medieval
Middle East, including Islam. The critique of Islam found in
chapters 11 and 12 is the only sustained, systematic polemic
against Islam in premodern Zoroastrian literature, one that attacks
monotheism by focusing on the problem of evil. The text is of
fundamental importance for understanding Iran’s transformation
from a predominantly Zoroastrian society to a predominantly Muslim
one during the Early Middle Ages. This is the first book devoted to
the Islamic sections of the kand Gumānīg-Wizār. It
provides a new translation and commentary of these important
sections along with introductory chapters that explore
Zoroastrians’ relationship with other religions in Late Antiquity
and the early Islamic period; Mardānfarrox’s intellectual milieu
(especially the influence of Islamic theology and interreligious
debates); and the history of Zoroastrian polemics against Islam.
General
| Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Translated Texts for Historians, 83 |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| Authors: |
Christian C. Sahner
(Associate Professor of Islamic History)
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 147mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
248 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80207-852-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-80207-852-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781802078527 |
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