Sunday, January 27, 2008

Parallels Zoroastrian with Jewish and Christian - 2

LINK: Part 1
NOTE: Z = Zoroastrian. J & Ch = Jewish and Christian

  • Z - Man and woman driven from paradise for sin.
    J & Ch - Man and woman banished from Eden for disobedience.
  • Z - Ahriman, the Devil.
    J & Ch - Satan, the Devil.
  • Z - The father of lies.
    J & Ch - The father of lies.
  • Z - Heaven or Paradise.
    J & Ch - Heaven.
  • Z - Hell and Purgatory.
    J & Ch - Hell, Hades, Gehenna, and Purgatory.
  • Z - Resurrection from the dead.
    J & Ch - Resurrection of the body.
  • Z - The last Judgement.
    J & Ch - The last Judgement.
  • Z - Immortality of the soul.
    J & Ch - Immortality of the soul.
  • Z - God's omniscience and foreknowledge.
    J & Ch - God is all-knowledge.
  • Z - God "is not be deceived".
    J & Ch - "God is not mocked".
  • Z - "Turning misfortunes and calamities into lessons and blessings".
    J & Ch - "All things work out good unto them that love God".
  • Z - Zoroaster was preceded by three Iranian Saints: Vivanghant, Athwya and Thrita.
    J & Ch - Moses was preceded by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  • Z - Zoroaster was direct descendant of king Manuchehr.
    J & Ch - Jesus Christ was a descendant for king David.
  • Z - Zoroaster was born from virgin by the name of Dokhdova.
    J & Ch - Jesus Christ was born from virgin Mary.
  • Z - Various miracles are described regarding the time when Zoroaster's conception took place.
    J & Ch - Various miracles are mentioned in New Testament regarding the immaculate conception.
  • Z - A star heralded Zoroaster's birth.
    J & Ch - A star heralded the birth of Jesus.
  • Z - Angels and archangels were seen coming to worship Zoroaster the new-born infant.
    J & Ch - Angels praised the Lord and appeared to the shepherd in the wilderness, at the time of the birth of Jesus.

INDEX: Iranian influence in Judaism and Christianity. Abbas Aryanpur & Manoochehr Aryanpur. College of Translation. 1973. Tehran. Iran.

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