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Zoroastrianism
Relation to other religions

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Relation to other religions

The debt of Israel to its Eastern neighbours in religious matters is easy to demonstrate on a few precise points of minor importance but less so in other more important points, such as dualism, angelology, and eschatology.

Isaiah 40–48 offers striking parallels with the Gatha 44:3–5, as has been shown by Morton Smith. Besides the common procedure of rhetorical questions, there is…


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