Abstract
Abstract. This research aims rigorously and critically examine the extant Avestan texts and the religious and cultural traditions of the Zoroastrian priests who have preserved these texts to the present day. Here, along with the analysis of information obtained from Zoroastrian sources about the Avesta and Zoroastrianism, written in the Middle Persian language in the 9th-10th centuries, their comparison with modern Zoroastrian (Parsism) traditions is one of the main objectives of the study. The attitude of European scholars to these issues from the nineteenth century onwards is also scrutinized and the reasons for the numerous discrepancies are identified. Contradictions between the religious outlook of modern Zoroastrians and the text of the Gatha are revealed and the reasons for them are discussed.
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