Are there any early Christian writings concerning Zoroastrianism? I know there have been more modern on the subject, but I'm looking for something from the days when the two religions were contemporaries, before Islam wiped the latter off the map. Somethin

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Christanon 05/17/18 (Thu) 04:48:54 ccb449 No.648929

Are there any early Christian writings concerning Zoroastrianism? I know there have been more modern on the subject, but I'm looking for something from the days when the two religions were contemporaries, before Islam wiped the latter off the map. Something like "Against the Heathens" by St. Athanasius, except about Zoroastrianism.

Christanon 05/17/18 (Thu) 05:36:52 b2d5d7 No.648962

>>648929

yeah some syriac fathers wrote against them but I can't find any translation into english

https://phoenicia.org/syriacwritings.html - ctrl-f "magi" and "zoroaster"

Christanon 05/17/18 (Thu) 05:50:42 ccb449 No.648968

>>648962

>I can't find any translation into english

You weren't kidding. I can't even find anything about those writers anywhere online.

Christanon 05/17/18 (Thu) 06:21:47 aed680 No.648976

>>648962

>>648968

Are any of those included here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrologia_Graeca

Christanon 05/17/18 (Thu) 07:00:04 b2d5d7 No.648995

>>648976

maybe in Patrologia Orientalis or Syriaca

Christanon 05/18/18 (Fri) 06:19:00 b2d5d7 No.649352

>>649345

yeah, it doesn't contain any of the relevant writings only a small amount of Fathers are in it.

https://archive.org/details/patrologiasyria00grafgoog

Christanon 05/18/18 (Fri) 06:22:15 b2d5d7 No.649353

>>649352

Contents:

Aphraatis Sapientis Persae Demonstationes, Part 1

Aphraatis Sapientis Persae Demonstatio, Part 2

Bardesanes, Liber legum Regionum

S. Simeon Bar Sabbae

Liber Apocalypseos Baruch Filii Neriae Translatus of Graeco in Syriacum

Testamentum Patris Nostri Adam

Apotelesmata Apollonii Tyanensis

Christanon 05/19/18 (Sat) 21:36:41 393102 No.650073

Bump

Christanon 05/21/18 (Mon) 06:21:57 368a01 No.650834

>>648968

The only reference I found was in a old book called The Nestorians and Their Rituals. The website basically copied the list from an appendix in the book. I'm trying to find the book's sources.

Christanon 06/09/18 (Sat) 00:48:58 10e1c4 No.658929

Bamp

Christanon 06/09/18 (Sat) 03:39:09 cf4340 No.658983

>>650834

What's the probability that most of the Syriac Christian writings were destroyed by Muslims? I've heard they had a tendency to burn any non-Muslim document which didn't contain practical knowledge that they could use.

Christanon 06/09/18 (Sat) 08:34:36 368a01 No.659039

>>658983

That's actually a notable problem for sources on Eastern Christianity, especially Syriac/Aramaic and Arabic writings. Often times we only have first names and obscure titles to go from, mentioned in other more preserved works. While the Gospels weren't forbidden for Christians under Muslim rule, the more obscure writings were either destroyed or purposely forgotten.

Christanon 06/09/18 (Sat) 10:28:48 cc1dd6 No.659087

The three magi were thought to have been Zoroastrian priest

https://fisheaters.com/astrology.html

Christanon 06/09/18 (Sat) 10:35:14 cc1dd6 No.659089

>>659087

Whoops, wrong link (still a good read though)

Meant to post this one:

https://www.fisheaters.com/astrologybackground.html