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Old 12-30-2008, 01:35 PM
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Default Is Zoroastrianism older than Judaism?

Is Zoroastrianism older than Judaism?
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Old 01-01-2009, 01:35 PM
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Uh yeah.
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Old 01-03-2009, 01:35 PM
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Yes.
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Old 01-07-2009, 01:35 PM
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Yes, I believe it is.

Though Judaism was the first organized religion that recognized one G-d and one G-d only.
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Old 01-08-2009, 01:35 PM
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It's debatable, the exact date of Zoroaster's birth is not precisely known.
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Old 01-10-2009, 01:35 PM
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Though it is claimed to be older than Judaism, Zoroastranism does not enter into recorded history until the mid-5Th Century BCE.
As such, there can be no verification of this belief system's true age.
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Old 01-14-2009, 01:35 PM
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*Almost* certainly not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster#Date

This shows that both the "traditional" date (6Th century B.C.E.) and the "Iranist" date (10Th century B.C.E.) follow monotheistic Judaism, which began with Moses. King David is usually dated to about 10Th century B.C.E., and this follows Moses by about 400 years. A reasonable estimate of Mosaic (monotheistic) Judaism (based on archaeologically well-supported biblical accounts of the kings of Israel and Judah and also on the less-well supported biblical time line found in the book of Judges) is 14Th century B.C.E.

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Old 01-15-2009, 01:35 PM
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Yes, before Judaism the Israelites following the Noahide Laws, that is the laws G-d gave to Noah for all humanity to follow. Judaism was founded at mount Sinai when the Israelites and the Egyptians that went with them converted to Judaism.
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Old 01-17-2009, 01:35 PM
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yes. 100% correct.
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