RLG204H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Iranian Religions, Iconostasis, Manichaeism
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Lecture 1 - week 1 readings: religion and social life in the pre-islamic arabia. Islam has two major roots: one in central arabia, and the other in the lands surrounding it, from iran to greece to egypt and ethiopia (hellenistic-iranian world). The hellenistic-iranian had two major superpowers, however its cultural and religious face was diverse with multitude of religious groups. North and east of arabis was divided between two larger empires: sasanians and the. Sansanians were iranian while the byzantines were greek. Sansanians and the byzantines were in frequent conflict with each other. Official religion of the sasanians is known as zoroastrianism, also called mazdaism or the good religion . Muslims claim zoroastrians worship fire however the zoroastrians deny that. Manicheism founded by mani, who claimed to be a prophet and a successor to. Christianity had begun in palestine as a jewish sect. The three most important doctrines developed were those of the trinity, incarnation, and atonement.
