Enrico Raffaelli: Zoroastrianism and Judaism in Dialogue

Join the host, Yasamin Jameh, for an exciting episode, a lecture given by Dr. Enrico Raffaelli on the dialogue between Zoroastrianism and Judaism.   
The 42nd episode of Parse is an excerpt of a presentation given by Dr, Raffaelli as part of the Zoroastrian Studies Symposium in honour of Ervard Dr. Jehan Bagli which took place at U of T on September 9th 2023. 
Enrico Raffaelli is Associate Professor of History of Zoroastrianism at the University of Toronto’s Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. His main areas of research include astrology in pre-Islamic Iran and Avestan and Middle Persian literature. 
His first book, “The Horoscope of the World” published in 2001, deals with astrology in Zoroastrianism, its relation with Mesopotamian, Classical and Indian astrology, and its influence on Islamic astrology. His second book, The Sih-rozag in Zoroastrianism published in 2014, is focused on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities. 
To watch the full talk, click here: ⁠https://youtu.be/y0KCYcYhx4U?si=PdjqBY-lKivWaVr8&t=85⁠