Avesta

Grover and I both published in the North Texas State college magazine, which was called Avesta.

Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009

Grover and I both published in the North Texas State college magazine, which was called Avesta.

Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009

I’ve also read mesopotamian myths that have survived including the Avesta from the Zoroastrians which serves as a foundation of Judaism combined of course with the cult of Amun (the egyptian cult of the one god).

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Another book called the Avesta, written by a Persian named Zoroaster, is also extremely influential in the Middle East.

Those contemptuous atheists... why won't they be kind? Ann Althouse 2006

The bible of the Parsees is called Avesta, which means the revelation.

Modern Persia Mooshie G. Daniel

The designation Zend-Avesta, which is often employed to denote the sacred code, is not strictly correct.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

In its present form, therefore, the Avesta is a compilation from various sources, and its different parts date from different periods and vary widely in character.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Dr. Haug supposes that the earliest portions of the Zend-Avesta ought to be called Avesta, the later portions Zend -- Zend meaning, according to him, commentary, explanation, gloss.

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861

"Avesta" denotes (perhaps literally) knowledge, being cognate with the

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909

Inadequate as brief extracts must be to represent the sacred books of a people, the citations here given will serve to show that the Avesta which is still recited in solemn tones by the white-robed priests of

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864