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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
HREL0001-1  History of pre-Islamic Iranian religion
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year3
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 3rd year4
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures: Oriental Languages, 2nd year3
Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures: Oriental Languages, 2nd year4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, eastern orientation3
Holder(s) :  Eric Pirart
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  = HREL0031-1 Zoroastrian Mazdeism

I. Who was Zoroaster? II. Iranian pantheon and Avestan texts. III Zoroastrian eschatology. IV. Darius' political mazdeism.
Course objective :  To provide a better understanding of the texts seen in Old and middle Iranian languages and to show the links with other old oriental religious traditions.
Prerequisites :  Nothing
Workshops :  To read J. Kellens, Qui était Zarathushtra?
Organization :  30 h spread out over the first semester. Timetable set with the students. Opening session in September announced on Section notice board. The attendance is obligatory.
Written notes :  References: J. Duchesne-Guillemin, La religion de l'Iran ancien, Paris, 1962 ; J. Kellens, Qui était Zarathushtra?, 2d ed., Liège, 1993 ; J. Kellens, Essays on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism, Costa Mesa, 2000 ; A. de Jong, Traditions of the Magi, Leiden, 1997 ; E. Pirart, L'éloge mazdéen de l'ivresse, Paris, 2004 ; E. Pirart, Guerriers d'Iran, Paris, 2006; E. Pirart, L'Aphrodite iranienne, Paris, 2006.
Assessment :  Oral test, in January.
Contacts :  Tenured lecturer: Eric PIRART. Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité. Section LLO, Place du Vingt-Août, 7, à B-4000 Liège. A1/3/4. Secretary: tel. 04 366 55 44.
Remarks :  Nothing


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