This is for my world religions class.. I need help!!
2006-12-11 13:38:07 · 4 answers · asked by Baby G88 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wow good question. They gave the bible the Noahs Ark story definitely.
2006-12-11 13:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mayonaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zoroastrianism had its main impact on Judaism after the Jewish Babylonian captivity in 537 B.C. when Cyrus the Great, the king of the Persian Empire, marched into Babylon and released the Jewish people from captivity. Keep in mind that orthodox Jewish belief did not include an afterlife of heaven and hell and a final judgement as Zoroastrianism does. The contact of the Jewish people and the Persian Empire is well documented in the Old Testament. Aside from the afterlife belief, Zoroastrianism also acknowledges a belief in a messiah, or in Old Persian, saoshyant, which probably also had an impact on Judaism.
Hope this helps you out! :)
2006-12-11 13:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might try looking at the influences of Zoroastrianism on Christianity
2006-12-13 18:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also the concept of a single God, and the concept of a single evil deity that opposed God (Satan, but a different name of course).
2006-12-11 13:49:53 · answer #4 · answered by Crowfeather 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋