Influences of Zoroastrianism on Judaism



Influences of Zoroastrianism on Judaism

Question

Explain your understanding ofthe influences of Zoroastrianism on Judaism.

Answer

Zoroastrianism and Judaism have ties that were knotted many centuries before Christianity appeared on the religious stage of this planet. The Zoroastrian way of life has markedly influenced the early Hebrew religious fabric. Just how did this come about both at the social and doctrinal level is a subject worth exploring and understanding.

Both are similar in their cosmological ideas. The six days of Creation in Genesis finds a parallel in the six periods of Creation described in the Zoroastrian scriptures. Mankind, according ...