This is an online event (3 hours): The History of Zoroastrian Priesthood, The bond between the Avesta and Persian Literature & The Forgotten Sources of Medieval Zoroastrianism
Sat, November 19, 2022, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Morning Session – Scholarly Symposium
9:30 – Opening Address: – Prof. Dan Sheffield introduced by Zal Taleyarkhan
10:00 – Dr. Kerman Daruwalla – The History of Training Zoroastrian Priests in India
10:45 – Dr. Benedikt Peschl – Zoroastrian Middle Persian Literature and its Relation to the
Avesta: current research perspectives
11:30 – Prof. Dan Sheffield – The Pahlavi Book of Religious Decrees: a Forgotten Source for the
History of Medieval Zoroastrianism