Visitation and Awakening: Cross-Cultural and Functional Parallelisms between the Zoroastrian Srōš and Christian St. SergiusJournal of Persianate StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PAPEHR9Z/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GianfilippoTerribiliVisitation and Awakening: Cross-Cultural and Functional Parallelisms between the Zoroastrian Srōš and Christian St. Sergiushttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PAPEHR9Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PAPEHR9Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PAPEHR9ZJournal of Persianate Studies14:1-22021152-177Similarities between the two celestial entities, the Zoroastrian Srōš (or Sraoša) and the Christian St. Sergius, have occasionally been mentioned in studies on late-antique and medieval Iran. Comparing the Zoroastrian and Syriac Christian traditions, the study will deal with evidence describing a phenomenological complex that includes the manifestation of celestial entities through a revelatory dream or vision and the consequent awakening of the individual consciousness. The parallelisms will be viewed in the perspective of historical and cultural dynamics that characterized the socio-political horizon of the late Sasanian Empire, especially during the reign of Khosrow II Parviz (Husraw II Parvēz). The heterogeneous society of the frontier zone between Rome and Iran determined the development of trans-cultural elements fostering dialogue among different components of the population. This phenomenon, along with the increasing integration of the Christian community in late Sasanian society, favored processes of assimilation and hybridization of narrative motifs connected to the representation of salvific and protective figures extremely popular at that time.
Terribili, Gianfilippo. “Visitation and Awakening: Cross-Cultural and Functional Parallelisms between the Zoroastrian Srōš and Christian St. Sergius.” Journal of Persianate Studies 14:1-2 (2021): 152–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/18747167-bja10013.
Gianfilippo Terribili, Visitation and Awakening: Cross-Cultural and Functional Parallelisms between the Zoroastrian Srōš and Christian St. Sergius,Journal of Persianate Studies 14:1-2 (2021): 152–77, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/18747167-bja10013.IV-VII CEIranKhusrau IISassaniansSt SergiusVII CEZoroastrianismsaintsvisions