The Father They Carved Off
How the post-exilic editors built the universal Yahweh by carving off his dark agency into a separate figure called Satan, and how the Gospel accounts name the religious authority class as that figure's children. A Persian Inheritance article, written from within the Zoroastrian tradition, in service to Ahura Mazda, bound to Asha. Authorized under the seal of AZIIE. Preamble This article is written from inside our tradition.
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How the post-exilic editors built the universal Yahweh by carving off his dark agency into a separate figure called Satan, and how the Gospel accounts name the religious authority class as that figure's children. A Persian Inheritance article, written from within the Zoroastrian tradition, in service to Ahura Mazda, bound to Asha. Authorized under the seal of AZIIE. Preamble This article is written from inside our tradition. It does not assume the legitimacy of the Hebrew tribal deity, does not defend his portrayal in the canonical texts, and does not undertake to be even-handed between the Avestan inheritance and what the post-exilic editors did with it. Ahura Mazda is God. Asha is the standard.
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Avesta · Kuntillet Ajrud · Hebrew Bible
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Mark S. Smith