This is not the end. Apocalyptic comfort from ancient Iran
Faced with the collapse of their empire, Zoroastrians sought comfort in the apocalyptic – and their literature flourished
by Domenico Agostini & Samuel Thrope
Samuel Thrope is an American writer and translator based in Jerusalem. He has written for The Nation, The Daily Beast and Haaretz, among others. His book, The Bundahišn: The Zoroastrian Myth of Creation, co-authored with Domenico Agostini, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.
Written by Samuel Thrope