History of Zoroastrianism, 1-3

Vol 1 - The Early Period
	Foreword
	Abbreviations
	Part One. THE PAGAN BACKGROUND
		I. General
		II. The gods of pagan Iran
		III. Demons and evil-doing, fabulous creatures, first men and heroes
		IV. Death, the hereafter and funeral rites
		V. The nature of the world and its origins
		VI. The pagan cult
	Part Two. ZOROASTER AND HIS TEACHINGS
		VII. Zoroaster
		VIII. Ahura Mazda, Angra Mainyu and the Bounteous Immortals
		IX. The two states and the three times
	Part Three. THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD OF THE FAITH
		X. The unrecorded centuries
		XI. The legends of Zoroaster and his sons
		XII. The laws of purity
	Excursus: the Zoroastrian funeral rites
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Vol 2 - Under The Achaemenians
	Foreword
	Abbreviations
	I. The Background  (Retrospect: the date of Zoroaster; Doctrinal consequences of this dating; The preservation of the faith; The western Iranians in the settlement period; The subjection of the western Medes by Assyria; The coming of Zoroastrianism to the west through trade; The establishment of a kingdom by the eastern Medes; The Persians in Anshan; Medes, Scythians and the downfall of Assyria; The Median Empire and further contacts with Zoroastrian lands.)
	II. The pre-Zoroastrian Religion of the Medes and Persians (The evidence; The gods; The myth of King Yama; The priesthood; Sacred places;Festivals and the calendar; Funerary rites; Influences from alien faiths: alien gods; i) Mithra and Shamash; ii) Anähiti and Ishtar/Nana; iii) Tiri and Nabu; The influence of Babylonian learning; The re-dedication of festivals; The ceremonial use of an empty chariot; Traces of an alien cult; The adoption of an alien symbol; A modification of the baresman ?; Conclusion.)
	III. The Spread of Zoroastrianism in Western Iran (During the latter part of the seventh century; The religion of the Scythians; In the Achaemenian family (c. 600 +); Religious and political propaganda on behalf of Cyrus in Babylon; and in Ionia.)
	IV. Cyrus the Great (550-530 B.C.)  (The campaigns of conquest; Pasargadae and its monuments; The fire-holders; The plinths and sacred precinct; The tomb of Cyrus; The Zendan-i Sulaiman; Sculptures of the gatehouse and audience-hall; The inscriptions at Pasargadae; Cyrus and alien faiths; The magi; the later identification of Cyrus with Kavi ViStaspa.)
	V. Cambyses (530-522 B.C.)  (The death and entombment of Cyrus; Cambyses in Egypt; The marriages of Cambyses.)
	VI. Bardiya and ‘Gaumäta the Magus’ (522 B.C.)  (Usurpation of the Persian throne by Bardiya; the story of Gaumäta; the religious implications in the story; the significance of the ‘Magus’; the äyadäna.)
	VII. Darius the Great (522-486 B.C.)  (The establishing of his rule; The six noble conspirators and the six Amesa Spentas; The Behistun relief; The palaces of Darius and their sculptures: i) Susa; ii) Persepolis; The figure in the winged circle; The winged disk; The interpretation of the winged symbol; Other symbols of power in the Persepolis sculptures; Symbols of long life and immortality; Persepolis, ‘No Rüz’, and *Mithrakana; The tomb of Darius; The religious elements in the carvings above the tomb; The Kacba-yi Zarduät; The tomb of Parnaka (?); The religious elements in Darius’ inscriptions; Darius’ policy toward alien faiths: i) The Egyptians; ii) The Elamites; iii) The Jews; iv) In Drangiana.)
	VIII. Finds of religious interest at Persepolis (The Elamite tablets; Priests and ceremonies in the fortification tablets; The scribes of Persepolis; The gods of the fortification tablets; Some theophoric names of Zoroastrian character; A Zoroastrian personal name; The Persepolis tabletsand the calendar; Religious scenes on Persepolis seal impressions; The pestles and mortars from the treasury.)
	IX. Contacts and influences in Ionia in the Median and early Achaemenian periods (The god of Time; Zoroastrianism and early Ionian philosophy: a) The philosophers of Miletus; i) Thales; ii) Anaximander; iii) Anaximenes; b) Heraclitus of Ephesus; Zoroastrianism and the early Orphics; Conclusion.)
	X. Xerxes (486-465 B.C.) (Religious observances in Herodotus’ account of the Greek war; The legends of Ostanes and Gobryas; The Lycian tomb of a hero of Salamis ?; Xerxes at home; the Daiva inscription; A copy of one of Darius’ tomb-inscriptions; Xerxes’ own tomb.)
	XI. Artaxerxes I (465-424 B.C.) (The end of the use of Elamite, and the development of an Iranian scribal tradition; Herodotus on Persian religion; Xanthos of Lydia; A ‘place of rites’; Artaxerxes I and Egypt; Themistocles; Megabyzus and Syria; Artaxerxes I and the Jews: i) Nehemiah; ii) Ezra; iii) The Priestly Code and Zoroastrian influences; Democritus of Abdera; Artaxerxes I and Babylonia.)
	XII. Darius II (423-404 B.C.) (The inscriptions of Darius II; Darius II in Babylonia and Egypt; Darius II and the Jews; The sons of Darius II; The promotion of the cult of Anähiti/Anähita; Promotion of the cult of Tiri; Two more Iranian-Lycian tombs; The last years of Darius II’s reign.)
	XIII. Artaxerxes II (404-358 B.C.) (A rite of royal initiation; The rebellion of Cyrus the Younger; Two funerary monuments; Xenophon on the Persians; Artaxerxes II and the cult of c Anähita’; The role of Parysatis; The advancement of Anähita; A priestess of Anähita; A sanctuary of Spenta Armaiti ?; The Anähita temples and Artaxerxes’ fame; The establishment of the temple cult of fire; The 4Victorious Fires’; The remains of Achaemenian temples; The terminology of the new temple cults; The priesthood and temple worship; Zurvanism; The basis of the Zurvanite heresy; The development of Zurvanite myth and doctrine; Zurvanite fatalism and the concept of the ‘Great Years’; The Zurvanite millenary scheme; Zurvan’s quaternity; Zurvan in Avestan texts; Evidence for the establishing of Zurvanism under the Achaemenians; The earlier purity of the orthodox faith; The three SaoSyants or World Saviours; The creation of the Zoroastrian calendar; The establishing of new name-day feasts; The promotion of Sraosa; The development of western Iranian scholastic literature; Two allusions to pious domestic practices; The spread of the image cult to other yazatas; The political background of Artaxerxes II’s reign; The monument of Payava; Plato and Zoroastrianism; The linking of Plato with Zoroaster in a millenary scheme; Plato and Zoroastrian ethics; Artaxerxes II’s last years, and his tomb; Retrospect: the religious developments in Artaxerxes II’s reign.)
	XIV. Artaxerxes III (358-338 B.C.) (The recon quest of Egypt; A trilingual stele of Xanthos; A Persian Ministry for Pious Foundations?; Mithra KhSathrapati ?; Religious syncretism, symbiosis and interpretation; Some evidence from coins; Graeco-Persian gems and seals; The Arebsun inscriptions; The Treasure of the Oxus; Zoroastrianism in the east during the Achaemenian epoch; Pilgrimage as a unifying factor; Zoroastrianism in India; Aristotle and Iran; Artaxerxes Ill’s inscriptions and tomb; Artaxerxes Ill’s death.)
	XV. Darius III (336-331 B.C.) (Arses and the Corinthian League; The accessions of Darius III and Alexander; Alexander’s early campaigns; The battle of Issus; The battle of Gaugamela; The end of the first phase of conquest; The massacre at Persepolis; Alexander at Pasargadae; Alexander’s eastward march and the death of Darius III; Zoroastrianism and the Macedonian conquest.)
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Vol 3 - Zoroastrianism Under Macedonian & Roman Rule
	Foreword
	Abbreviations
	Maps and a temple plan
	Part One. INTRODUCTORY
		I. Under Alexander and the Successors
		II. The Seleucids: a background sketch
		III. On the western edge of the Iranian plateau: Susa and Elymais
	Part Two. IN LANDS OF ANCIENT IRANIAN HABITATION
		IV. Zoroastrianism and Hellenism: a general survey
		V. In western Iran: Media Atropatene, Greater Media and Persis
		VI. In the IndoTrani an borderlands: Arachosia and Gandhara, with a note on Kuh-i Khwaja in Drangiana
		VII. In eastern Iran: the time of the Greek kingdoms (c. 250-50 B.C.)
	Part Three. IN NON-IRANIAN LANDS OF THE FORMER ACHAEMENIAN EMPIRE
		VIII. In western Asia Minor: Lydia with Caria and south-west Phrygia
		IX. In central and eastern Asia Minor: Greater Phrygia with Galatia, Cappadocia and Pontus, Cilicia
		X. In Commagene, Syria and Egypt
		XI. Zoroastrian contributions to eastern Mediterranean religion and thought in Greco-Roman times
	EXCURSUS. Thus spake not Zarathustra: Zoroastrian-pseudepigrapha of the Greco-Roman world
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