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A list of key readings about Zoroastrianism.
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History

  • Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji - Zoroastrian Civilization: From the Earliest Times to the Downfall of the Last Zoroastrian Empire 651 A.D., ISBN 1430493119
  • Jong, Albert de - Traditions of the Magi: Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin Literature, ISBN 9004108440

Religion - Beliefs & Practices

  • Boyce, Mary. Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. (1985). 252 pp. ISBN 0415239028 excerpt and text search
  • Brodd, Jefferey - World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery, ISBN 0884897257
  • Clark, Peter - Zoroastrianism: An Introduction to an Ancient Faith, (1998) ISBN 1898723788
  • Hartman, Sven S. Parsism: The Religion of Zoroaster, (1980) ISBN 9004062084
  • Kestenberg-Amighi, Janet Theola. "The Zoroastrians: Persistence of a Small Minority Group in Moslem Iran." PhD dissertation, U. of Missouri, Columbia 1984. 468 pp. DAI 1985 46(4): 1015-A. DA8512224 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  • Khanbaghi, Aptin. The Fire, the Star and the Cross: Minority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran. I. B. Tauris, 2006. 268 pp. excerpt and text search
  • Maneck, Susan Stiles. "The Death of Ahriman: Culture, Identity and Theological Change among the Parsis of India." PhD dissertation U. of Arizona 1994. 446 pp. DAI 1994 55(5): 1359-A. DA9426587 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  • Moulton, Hope, James. The Treasure of the Magi: A Study of Modern Zoroastrianism (1917) complete edition online
  • Nigosian, S. A. The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research (1993) ISBN 077351144X excerpt and text search

Translations

  • The Heritage of Zarathushtra: A New Translation of His Gathas (English and German Edition) by Helmut Humback and Pallan Ichaporia (authors), 1994 (unfortunately not readily available)
  • The Zend Avesta, Part III translated by L.H. Mills, 1887. Includes the whole Yasna and more, but more than 100 years old. Very "King James version" in style, even though the accompanying commentary is more modern.
  • The Zend Avesta translated by James Darnesteter, 1880. Also more than 100 years old. Very "King James version" in style, even though the accompanying commentary is more modern.
  • The Gathas translated by D. J. Irani. The Gathas are the hymns composed by Zarathushtra, who lived around 1300 BCE. They are poetry in the metrical forms of ancient Indo-Iranian. They constitute a small book with ~6000 workds, in ~1300 lines, set in 238 verses, which are organized in 17 chapters (Haiti or Ha).