1918. The author attempts to give an outline picture of Zoroastriansm, and then of Judaism when it came to be somewhat a fixed system in the post-exilic times, in order to give the leading religious, social, and moral conceptions in each faith. Contents: Zarathustra and the Zeit-Geist; Judaism; the idea of deity; the host of heaven; naturalistic traits; the expectation of a redeemer; civil, social, and ceremonial regulations; morals and ethics; the future life.
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- The Semitic Theory of Creation (Notable American Authors) by Harry Thurston Peck on page 73, and Back Matter
- Chips from a German Workshop Part One by F. Max Muller on page 101, and Back Matter
- Pahlavi Texts (Sacred Books of the East S, V.) (v. 2) by E.W.(Tr.) West on page 24, and Back Matter
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- The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research by S. A. Nigosian in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Origins of the Messianic Ideal by Robert Wolfe in Back Matter
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- Soma: The Divine Hallucinogen by David L. Spess in Back Matter
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