Gad Barnea

Miϑra and His Mąϑra: Jesus as the Eschatological Fulfillment of the Mazdean Final Saošiiaṇt in John’s Prologue

The Gospel of John is geographically associated with Judea and Anatolia—regions that, throughout the Hellenistic and Roman periods, formed part of the frontier with the Iranian world. Anatolia preserved important Mazdean traditions well into the Common era, while the budding miϑra cult established itself in Judea aroun...