The Walled Garden: How the Word for Paradise Is the Word for the Zoroastrian Afterlife in Three Languages
The Single-Word Hinge That Carries the Concept of Heaven from Avestan Through Greek, Aramaic, and Arabic into the Religious Vocabulary of Half the Human Race eFireTemple "Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds — they will have the Gardens of Paradise ( Jannāt al-Firdaws ) as a lodging." — Quran 18:107 "Today you will be with me in Paradise ( paradeisos )." — Luke 23:43, the words of Jesus to the…
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The Single-Word Hinge That Carries the Concept of Heaven from Avestan Through Greek, Aramaic, and Arabic into the Religious Vocabulary of Half the Human Race eFireTemple "Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds — they will have the Gardens of Paradise ( Jannāt al-Firdaws ) as a lodging." — Quran 18:107 "Today you will be with me in Paradise ( paradeisos )." — Luke 23:43, the words of Jesus to the thief on the cross " Pairi-daēza — the walled enclosure, the sacred garden, the place where the eternal flame burns and the righteous soul dwells in the presence of Ahura Mazda." — The Avestan word, attested in the Vendidad and the later liturgical literature, the source of every word for "paradise" in every Western religious vocabulary The Single-Word…
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Avesta · Vendidad · Hebrew Bible · New Testament · Quran
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Mary Boyce · Prods Oktor Skjærvø