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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
HREL0001-1  History of pre-Islamic Iranian religion

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd yearFirst semester3
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 3rd yearFirst semester4
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 2nd yearFirst semester4
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 2nd yearFirst semester3
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, eastern orientationFirst semester3
Lecturer :  Eric Pirart
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
= HREL0031-1 Zoroastrian Mazdeism

I. Who was Zoroaster? II. Iranian pantheon and Avestan texts. III Zoroastrian eschatology. IV. Darius' political mazdeism.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Nothing
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
To read J. Kellens, Qui était Zarathushtra?
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
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.
Recommended or required readings :  
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; E. Pirart, Georges Dumézil face aux démons iraniens, Paris, 2007; E. Pirart, Les Adorables de Zoroastre, Paris, 2010.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral test, in January.
Organizational remarks :  
Nothing
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.


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