The upper class Jews of Persia are rapidly embracing the Bahai religion, and the Jewish communities are disintegrating, according to Dr. W. Fishel, lecturer in the Oriental Institute of the Hebrew ...

PERHAPS the least known of the old Aryan creeds, Zoroastrianism, is the one which has most vitally influenced the faith and morals of modern Europe. Greece contributed much to Christian ritual and ...

While the festival won’t be held on either the Jewish or Persian New Year — Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox in ...

Persepolis, the ceremonial city of the Persian Empire, embodied Achaemenid power, divine order, and the vision of a united ...

"The necklace of the Pleiades" is a volume on Persian literature, culture and religion by Persian scholars from around the world. This book reflects the state of the field of Persian literary studies ...

The question of salvation and intercession is a grand religious subject, and the whole purpose of following a religion ...

Introduction : conceptualizing Iran and building Iranian empires -- Building the First Persian Empire -- The destruction of Achaemenid Persia and the creation of Seleucid Iran -- The rise of the ...