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Readings
• Boyce, Mary. Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1984.
• Boyce, Mary. The Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. 2d ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.
• Rose, Jenny. Zoroastrianism: An Introduction. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2011.
• Skjaervø, Prods Oktor. The Spirit of Zoroastrianism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
• Stausberg, Michael. Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism: A Short Introduction. Translated by Margret Preisler-Weller. Postscript by Anders Hultgård. London, England: Equinox, 2008.
Weblinks
• Zoroastrianism—http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Zoroastrianism/—Created and maintained by Harvard University professor emeritus Prods Oktor Skjaervø, a leading authority on Zoroastrianism. Includes a large selection of annotated sacred texts.
• Religion Facts: Zoroastrianism—http://www.religionfacts.com/zoroastrianism/index.htm—A good resource for, as the site states, “just the facts.”
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of History. The site offers three essays with links to illustrations that are pertinent for studying the historical context of Zoroastrianism:
o The Achaemenid Persian Empire: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/acha/hd_acha.htm
o The Parthian Empire: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/part/hd_part.htm
o The Sasanian Empire: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sass/hd_sass.htm
• The World Zoroastrian Organisation—http://www.w-z-o.org/—Created and maintained by Zoroastrians, a dependable resource that provides an “insider’s” perspective on the religion.
Other Media
• Zoroastrianism: A Symposium. University of California, San Diego, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCn1XJ3MIH8 (2 hours, 35 minutes).
• Zoroastrianism: The Parsees of Bombay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTGhmWVTbo4 (51 minutes)