His life is traditionally dated to sometime around the 7th and 6th centuries BC, making him a contemporary of Cyrus the Great, though most scholars, using linguistic and socio-cultural evidence, suggest a dating to somewhere in the second millennium BC. [13][14][2] Zoroastrianism eventually became Iran's most prominent religion from around the 6...

2020年1月21日 · Zarathustra, also known as Zoroaster, was an ancient religious leader and philosopher born sometime between about 1700 BCE and 600 BCE, who is credited with founding Zoroastrianism.

2025年1月16日 · Although some scholars continue to accept as “traditional” the approximate birth and death dates indicated in later texts of the Avesta (the scriptures of Zoroastrianism), according to which Zarathushtra lived from c. 628 to c. 551 bce, others, citing earlier texts and other evidence, have plausibly argued that he lived sometime during the ...

Originating from Zoroaster's reforms of the ancient Iranian religion, Zoroastrianism began during the Avestan period (possibly as early as the 2nd millennium BCE), but was first recorded in the mid-6th century BCE.

2020年5月28日 · Zarathustra (also given as Zoroaster, Zartosht, Zarathustra Spitama, l. c. 1500-1000 BCE) was the Persian priest-turned-prophet who founded the religion of Zoroastrianism (also given as Mazdayasna “devotion to Mazda”), the first monotheistic religion in the world, whose precepts would come to influence later faiths.

2024年5月14日 · According to Zoroastrian tradition, he was born 258 years before Greek Emperor Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenian dynasty of Persia. Since that happened in 330 BCE, he must have been born in 628 BCE. Moreover, when Zoroaster converted King Vishtāspa in 588 BCE he was 40 years old.

2015年5月17日 · This information converges with the traditional date which states that the Zoroastrian calendar starts with the birth of Zarathushtra on 26 March 1738 BC. This date is still celebrated among modern Zoroastrians and coincides with the Persian new year celebration called Nowruz which takes place on 21 March.

Zoroaster was the greatest prophet among the ancient Iranians. He took his birth in order to establish the worship of Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Lord of the Universe and to fulfil the Divine Mission. His own original writings, the precious Gathas in the Avestan language, indicate that he was a God-intoxicated person.

2016年10月8日 · Birth of Zoroaster (also Zorasthustra). Zoroastrian tradition offers dates ranging from 6000 BCE to 600 BCE. Most scholars place Zoroaster’s writings between 1700 BCE and 1500 BCE. At about age 30, Zoroaster had a vision of a single supreme God and began to preach and write about that God in a way that comprised a new religion.

2025年2月13日 · Zoroaster, a religious reformer and prophet, is believed to have lived between 1800 and 1000 BCE. The principal scripture of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta, particularly the Gathas, provides insights into Zoroaster’s teachings. ... While numbers have declined due to low birth rates, intermarriage restrictions, and emigration, efforts to revive ...