General Index
Accadian
10, 12, 29, 36, 38–41, 43, 47, 136, 139–140, 249, 305
Achaemenid
126, 135, 139
Africa
3, 73, 127, 147, 249–250, 252–253, 257–259, 262–263, 265–269, 332
Agnostic
9, 92, 337
Ahura Mazdā
73, 78, 82, 133
America
199, 208, 210–211, 213–214, 249–250, 253–254, 257, 261–263, 265–266, 268–269, 332, 343
Ameshea Spentas (Amǝša Spǝṇtas)
77–78
Amsterdam
4, 51, 54, 57–58, 60, 91, 97, 151, 292, 349–355, 357, 369, 375–377
Anāhitā
134
Animism
10, 26, 93, 114, 199, 202, 204, 208–210, 212–213
Anthropology of religion
178, 342
Anti-evolutionism
24, 29–30, 197, 208
Anti-facism (anti-Nazism)
17
Apocalyptic/s
125
Apologetic/s
240
Arabic
12, 16, 102–103, 135, 137, 242, 244, 297, 301, 335
Aryaman
113
Ashi
113
Attilla (horse)
6, 9
Avesta
77, 79–83, 99, 107, 111, 113, 126–127, 133, 313
Aztec/s
162, 254–255, 264
Babylon/Babylonian
39–40, 221
Baga
113
Bar Kokhba revolt
97
Berlin
15, 23, 67, 89, 92–93, 96–97, 99, 109–110, 115, 128, 131, 154, 157, 245, 250, 276, 281, 292–293, 304, 309, 311–312, 339
Bethlehem
84–85, 225, 243
Bible
10, 36–37, 45, 75, 110, 218–221, 223, 225, 233, 235, 258, 285, 288, 330
Bonn
90, 275, 277, 293, 303, 307
Brussels
52
Buddhism
97, 170, 279, 297–298, 301
Cambridge
24, 59, 84, 92, 98, 109, 129, 281, 295–296, 299, 306, 308, 333, 361–362
Catholicism
94, 177, 255, 257
Central Asian
109
China/Chinese
11, 134, 291
Christianity
5, 9–10, 20, 75, 77, 83–84, 96, 109–110, 209, 218–220, 222–227, 229–233, 235, 260, 267, 269, 287–288, 293, 295, 298–299, 310, 337
Claremont (Congress 1965)
57, 61, 64–66, 68
Cognitive study of religion
187
Communism
17
Comparative studies (comparativist)/Comparative methodology/ies
3, 6, 44, 186–187, 281, 305, 335
Copenhagen
12, 15, 104, 156, 160
Coptic
109, 245, 291, 301, 308, 313
Daivas
83
Damascus
108, 131, 227, 231
Dead Sea Scrolls
22, 219, 225–235
Dean (Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University)
3, 11, 17–18, 20, 22–23, 91, 140, 200, 209, 213, 330–332
Dēnkard
131–132, 137, 165
Eîdos
184
Enthronment
135, 138
Epochë
152, 183–184
Erfurt
62, 64, 339
Eschatology
74, 129, 180, 245, 293, 299
Essenes
226–228, 231–233, 235
Evolutionism
10, 24, 29–30, 73, 93, 156, 159, 161, 197–199, 203–208, 212, 215
Fascism (Fascist tendencies)
17, 106, 126
Finland
13, 27, 38, 198, 214
Finnish War
13
Gāthā/s
16, 77–82
Gatha seminaries
16
Gnosis
229, 275–277, 280–282, 288, 295–296, 298–300, 304, 306, 309
Gnostic attitude
277–280
Gnosticism
3, 10, 13, 30, 61, 83–84, 105, 114, 148, 159, 166–168, 171, 180, 197, 222, 229, 241, 245, 275–282, 286, 288, 293, 297–300, 308
Göttingen
37, 90, 99, 129, 155, 177, 275–276, 293, 295, 298–300, 302
Greece
63, 126, 204, 256
Greek religion
74, 164, 244, 378
Haoma
78, 80, 82
Hebrew
10, 12, 29, 36–41, 43–45, 47–48, 75, 104, 110, 139–140, 218, 232–233, 301, 330–331, 344
Helsinki
205, 212, 214
Hieros gamos
25, 43, 223–224
High god/s
3, 10, 26, 30, 43, 73, 93–95, 125, 127, 134, 156–161, 180, 182, 197, 199–200, 203–206, 208–213, 215, 249, 253–256, 258–263, 265, 267–268
Hinduism
10, 97
Holy
103, 138, 180–182, 186–187, 222, 226, 231, 253, 259, 335
Honorary doctorate
23, 91
Iconography
85, 135–136, 263, 303
Indo-European
16, 74, 78, 104, 106, 148, 250, 263, 286
The International Association for the Study of the History of Religions/International Association for the History of Religions (I.A.S.H.R/IAHR)
4, 51
Iranian studies
3, 11, 30, 74, 81, 86, 93, 103–104, 111, 114, 127, 132, 135, 140, 147, 292, 380
Islam
9–10, 59, 62, 77, 102, 113, 115, 126, 133, 135, 137–139, 149, 167, 169, 197, 203, 242, 260, 263, 267, 269, 296, 305, 340, 358
Islamic Studies
58, 103, 149
Israelitic religion
39
Jerusalem
43, 45, 58, 61, 84, 102, 230, 301, 310
Judaism (Jewish)
4, 39, 48, 75, 77, 83, 85, 96–97, 110, 135, 140, 159, 219, 223–227, 230–232, 235, 245, 284, 286, 296, 300–301, 305–306, 308, 310–311, 313
Karlbergs Military Academy
13
Kinship (King, Sacred king/Sacral Kingship/Divine Kingship)
10, 42
Lancaster
164
Latin
6, 82, 249, 291, 299, 330
Liberal Protestantism
91
Lund
7, 18, 26–27, 74, 80, 105, 111, 126, 130–131, 137, 164, 169, 210, 249, 255, 262, 329, 339, 377
Magic
8, 93, 95, 101, 114, 180, 200, 202, 204, 260, 266
Mana
93, 159, 202, 204, 208–209, 251, 294, 332
Mandean/Mandeism
3, 26, 197, 250
Mani
19, 26, 109–110, 132, 134, 159, 245, 255, 285, 291–292, 294–304, 307–314, 380
Manichean/ism
3, 309, 313–314
Männerbund
80, 111–113, 126, 128–130
Manohmed
115, 130–132, 295
Marburg (Congress 1960)
5, 30, 53, 56–57, 60–63, 66–67
Mekka
245–246
Mesopotamia (Mesopotamian)
36, 38–39, 45, 126, 130, 133–137, 220–221, 294, 296–298, 300, 303–305, 314
Messina
61, 167, 275, 299
Method
3, 29–30, 41, 43, 56, 63, 93, 95, 100–101, 128, 133, 150–152, 157, 159, 162–163, 170–171, 181, 184, 201–202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 238, 241, 251–252, 279–280, 294, 296, 302, 332, 335–337, 340
Mexico
28, 64, 67, 106, 162, 254–257, 261
Military (= Swedish Army)
6, 13, 18, 58, 155, 246–247
Mishnah
97
Mitanni Kingdom
219
Mithra
73, 79, 85, 99, 108–109, 112–114, 127, 131, 133, 225, 250, 263, 312
Monotheism
40, 81–82, 94, 127, 149, 161, 204, 208, 213, 215, 249–250, 254, 309
Muhammad (Prophet)
9, 22, 30, 43, 77–79, 137, 203, 223, 239, 241–248, 255, 292, 295–296, 307, 312
Mumbai
126
Mysticism
5, 19, 114–115, 180, 279
Myth
4, 20–21, 23–25, 45–46, 48, 98–99, 129, 135, 153, 162, 180, 185, 200–201, 212, 257, 259, 285–286, 288, 297, 304, 333–334, 340
Myth and Ritual school (Cambridge Ritualists)
23–25, 98, 129, 135, 201, 212, 333–334, 340
Nag Hammadi
281–283, 297, 314
Nazi/Nazism
106
New Testament
14, 75, 84, 96, 229–230, 287–288, 304, 308, 330
New Year’s feast
135, 221
Non-confessional
177–178, 189, 218, 330, 337
North America
253
NVMEN/Numen (= journal)
4, 15, 23, 25, 31, 50–51, 53–57, 60–63, 66, 162–163, 165
Olaus Petri Lectures
111, 160, 208–209
Old Testament
36–39, 41–42, 44, 46, 48, 75, 110, 136, 140, 167, 170, 219, 221, 224, 240, 244
Oral traditions
250–251, 313
Origin of religion
24, 93, 156, 198, 204–206, 213, 249
Paganism
81, 114
Pahlavi
11–12, 102–103, 127, 131, 138–139, 292, 310, 372
Pan-Iranism (Pan-Iranist)
114, 159
Paris
7, 51–54, 60, 63–64, 78, 81, 85, 91, 103, 107–108, 111–112, 126, 131, 133, 137, 254, 281, 285, 294, 299–300, 303, 309–310, 347–348, 350–353, 355, 357, 359–360, 362, 364–365
Parthian
73, 84, 115, 129, 131, 148, 286, 295, 298, 303, 305, 308, 310, 312
Patterns
3, 20, 24, 37, 44, 110, 114, 177, 187, 235, 244–245, 247, 294, 305–306, 310, 332–334, 340
Persian
5, 85, 102–104, 107, 113, 115, 128–129, 131, 136–137, 140, 165, 167, 211, 243–244, 291, 296, 303, 305–306, 310, 312–314
Personal faith (Belief)
3, 9, 20, 30, 82, 161, 200, 203–206, 209–213, 215, 223, 230, 243–244, 249–250, 256, 259, 261, 263, 265, 267–268, 294, 330, 333–334, 337
Phenomenology of religion/s
3, 57–58, 67, 95, 97–98, 101, 116, 147, 150–152, 157
Philology
12, 16, 74, 102, 127, 147, 170–171, 203, 211, 275
Polytheism/polytheistic
40, 81, 161, 204, 249, 255, 257
Pre-animism
208
Primal man
276, 278, 280, 282, 285
Primitive religion
57, 94, 207, 333
Psalms of lamentation
10, 12, 29, 36, 38, 40, 47
Psychology of religion
58, 74, 100, 130, 140, 156, 169, 197, 199, 240, 243, 329
Qumran
90, 226–235
Ras Shamra
22, 41, 46, 219–221, 224, 369
Religionsgeschichtliche Schule
91, 98–99, 116, 129–130, 134, 155, 275–276, 282, 288, 293, 309
Righteous Teacher
227–228
Rome
51, 54, 56, 58–60, 109, 138, 140, 147–149, 157, 163, 166–168, 296, 301, 310, 352–356, 359–360, 363–365, 367, 369, 371, 373–377, 380, 385
Rome (conference 1955)
51, 54, 56, 58–60, 109, 138, 140, 147–149, 157, 163, 166–168, 296, 301, 310, 380
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
17, 28
Santa Barbara
197, 277
Sasanian
73, 97, 109, 134, 295, 297, 300–301, 304, 308, 311, 380
Saviour
25–26, 85, 125, 129–130, 133, 166, 223–225, 230, 260, 278–280, 282, 284, 286, 288, 293–295, 298, 304–305, 352
Schematic explanations/Schemata/typologies
6, 334
School of Rome (Scuola romana di storia delle religioni)
148–149
Second World War/World War II
4, 27, 304, 329, 335, 340
Sitz im Leben
78
Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE)
127, 147–148
South America
199, 208, 210–211, 213–214
Spätjudentum
96–97
Sraosha
113, 312
Stockholm
5–18, 22, 24, 28–29, 37, 41, 54, 58, 61–62, 65–66, 125, 152, 160, 168, 170, 179, 182, 198, 218–219, 221, 239, 242, 249–251, 258, 266, 268, 276, 279, 329–330, 334–335, 342, 348, 382, 385
Stockholm (Congress 1970)
5–18, 22, 24, 28–29, 37, 41, 54, 58, 61–62, 65–66, 125, 152, 160, 163, 168, 170, 179, 182, 198, 218–219, 221, 239, 242, 249–251, 258, 266, 268, 329
Stockholm University Colleges (Stockholms högskola)
6–7, 10, 13, 205
Strasburg
58, 61
Sufism
239
Sumerian
39, 43–44, 136, 139–140
Svenska Dagbladet
18, 20–22, 331
Swedish radio
20–22, 226, 338
Sydney (Congress 1985)
54, 335
Syncretism
10, 80, 101, 154–156, 158, 170, 179, 197, 264, 297, 300, 302
Syriac
12, 85, 114, 136, 292, 295, 299, 303
Tammuz
44–45, 221, 304
Tetzcatlipoca
162
Tokyo
61
Tor
3, 7–9, 22, 30, 37–38, 59, 126, 140, 155–156, 160–161, 177, 203, 205, 208, 214, 238–242, 251, 292, 337, 342, 352, 358–359, 362–363, 366, 370, 374
Totemism
10, 200
Tree of life
135–136, 265, 293, 304
Tripartite system
78
Ugarit
36, 41–43, 47, 219
UNESCO
52–55, 66, 347, 349–351, 354, 357–360
Uppsala school (School of Uppsala)
37–38, 44, 46–47, 74–75, 100, 103, 110, 116, 149, 154, 159, 164, 166–168
Uppsala university
3, 6–7, 11, 14–16, 18–23, 27, 74, 85, 200, 213, 215, 239–241, 341
Vayu
73–74, 107, 111–112, 130
Vohu Manah
114–115, 129–132, 278, 284, 294–295, 312
Xinjiang
109
Yahveh
84
Zarathustra
75–83, 311, 313, 378
Zervān/Zurvān (Zervanism)
167, 278, 381
Zoroastrianism
73, 75–76, 79–83, 97, 102–104, 107, 109, 113, 126, 131–134, 140, 148, 244, 294, 298–299, 306, 310–311, 313–314