Parsi

Of all existing non-Biblical religions, the one which is closest kin to the Bible is Zoroastrianism.* It is also known as the religion of the Parsis, originally Persians.

The son of the chief Parsi of India is Jal Dastur C. Pavry, himself someday destined to be chief. He is now studying at Columbia University, having come primarily on account of a professor, one A. V. Williams Jackson, Professor of Indo-Iranian languages. Said Parvy: "I think Professor Jackson knows more about Zoroastrianism than anybody anywhere in the...

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