Zoroastrianism and Buddhism

[J. Daniel White]

Allen,

Though an old work which does not take into account more recent
scholarship--historical, linguistic, text critical, etc.--, Emil Abegg's Der
Messiasglaube in Indien und Iran, Berlin:  W. de Gruyter, 1928, carefully
outlines the confluence of many of the major issues in these two traditions.

Dan White


>A patron is interested in whether and how Zoroastrianism and Buddhism
>influenced each other, and why Buddhism did not spread much into Iran
>south of Merv.  I have not been able to find anything explicitly on
>this and just supplied him with some of the histories of
>Zoroastrianism and of religion in Iran, and also suggested he
>investigate works on Mani, since he was influenced by both and any
>good work on him would have to discuss his sources and the
>socioreligious context he worked in.  Does anyone have other
>suggestions? Is there some well known work on this already in
>existence?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Allen Thrasher
>
>
>
>Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.
>
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J. Daniel White, Ph.D.
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