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Biography of Zoroaster
Name: Zoroaster
Birth Date: c. 628 B.C.
Death Date: c. 551 B.C.
Place of Birth: Persia
Nationality: Persian
Gender: Male
Occupations: religious leader, prophet
Zoroaster
Zoroaster (ca. 628 BC- ca. 551 BC) was a prophet of ancient Iran and the founder of the Iranian national religion. Zoroastrianism is ranked with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam among the higher religions originating in the Middle East.The dates given for Zoroaster by ancient and modern writers differ considerably. The more sober authors have placed him between 1000 and 600 B.C. The latter date conforms to the tradition of the Zoroastrians themselves, who regard Zoroaster as having revealed his religion 258 years before Alexander the Great conquered Iran in 331 B.C. The main sources for the life and career of Zoroaster are the Avesta, the sacred book of the Zoroastrians, the oldest and most reliable source; later Zoroastrian literature, among which Denkart, an encyclopedic work in Middle Persian, stands out; and non-Zoroastrian works, which include Persian, Arabic, Armenian, and classical histories.Zoroaster was known among the classic writers chiefly as the initiator of …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…original way of thinking. From the Gathas we gain the impression of an impassioned preacher who strives for the material and spiritual well-being of his people. The success of his faith bears witness to the pertinence of his message for his people. Further Reading An English translation of the Gathas is in Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin, The Hymns of Zarathustra, translated from the French by M. Henning (1925), and of the Avesta in The Zend Avesta, translated by James Darmstetter (2d ed. 1895). A. V. Williams Jackson, Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran (1899), is still the most comprehensive work on the life of Zoroaster. Also useful is Ernst Herzfeld, Zoroaster and His World (2 vols., 1947). For a discussion and critique of various opinions on Zoroaster's time and place, the best source is W. B. Henning, Zoroaster (1951). A general discussion of Zoroastrianism is Robert C. Zaehner, The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism (1961), which contains useful bibliographies.
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