Author: Stausberg, Michael

Source: Numen, Volume 56, Numbers 2-3, 2009 , pp. 217-253(37)

Publisher: BRILL

Abstract:

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.

Keywords: ZOROASTRIANISM; HELL; ESCHATOLOGY; ETHICS; SINS; PRIESTS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852709X404991

Affiliations: 1: University of Bergen, Department of Archaeology, History, Culture Studies and Religion, P.O. Box 7805, 5020 Bergen, Norway;, Email: Michael.Stausberg@ahkr.uib.no

Publication date: 2009-03-01

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