{"product_id":"9781119867562","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Religion\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Stausberg | Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina | Anna Tessmann\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster\/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Stausberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His books in English include \u003ci\u003eReligion and Tourism: Crossroads, Destinations, and Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eZarathustra and Zoroastrianism\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and as editor or co-editor \u003ci\u003eDefining Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religions \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), \u003ci\u003eContemporary Theories of Religion \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Rituals \u003c\/i\u003e(2 vols., 2006\/2007). Dr. Stausberg has published widely on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism in German; he is co-editor, with Steven Engler, of the journal \u003ci\u003eReligion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford University. After completing his Ph.D. in 2007 at Harvard University, he served as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Undergraduate Core Curriculum and as the Lecturer on Old Iranian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Dr. Vevaina is the author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes and in 2010 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S.A. He is currently working on a book project on Zoroastrian hermeneutics in Late Antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 December 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119867562\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e704\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e46.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44385467760780,"sku":"9781119867562","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119867562_b88fb6e4-69f2-44bc-a655-f8a7f74eea91.jpg?v=1780167981","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119867562","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}