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Domenico Agostini

Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University

Domenico Agostini is a senior lecturer in ancient history at Tel Aviv University. His latest book, The Bundahišn: The Zoroastrian Myth of Creation, co-authored with Samuel Thrope, is forthcoming.

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Written by Domenico Agostini

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Spirituality and religion

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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