Title:
The everlasting flame : Zoroastrianism in history and imagination / edited by Sarah Stewart with Firoza Punthakey Mistree, Ursula Sims-Williams, Almut Hintze, Pheroza J. Godrej.
Author:
Stewart, Sarah (Sarah Rosemary Anne)
Mistree, Firoza Punthakey.
Sims-Williams, Ursula.
Brunei Gallery.
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Call Number:
BL1575 .E94 2013
Added Corporate Author:
ISBN:
9781780768090
Physical Description:
xix, 259 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 30 cm.
General Note:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Oct. 11-Dec. 14, 2013.
Contents:
Essays : Words without context : the Gathas between two worlds / Almut Hintze -- Zoroastrianism as an imperial religion / Philip G. Kreyenbroek -- Zoroastrian funerary practices / Frantz Grenet -- Jewish and Christian relations with Zoroastrianism / Anke Joisten-Pruschke -- Life and afterlife / Sarah Stewart -- The Zoroastrians of Iran / Albert de Jong -- Looking back to see the present / Alan Williams -- The lure of China and the art of Parsi portraiture / Firoza Punthakey Mistree with Pheroza Godrej --Notes to the essays -- The catalogue : 1. The ancient world -- 2. Sacred texts -- 3. The Silk Road, Central Asia and China -- 4. The Judaeo-Christian world -- 5. Imperial and post-imperial Iran -- 6. Post Arab conquest -- 7. Journey and settlement -- 8. Parsi salon -- 9. Fire temple -- 10. Zoroastrian communities around the world -- The seven creations.
