Here I turn to Persia (Iran) in order to examine Zoroastrian apocalypticism and its relation to Judean apocalypticism.  This is part of series 6 (Visions of the End: Apocalypticism) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.

Podcast 7.2: Origins part 2 – Zoroastrian apocalypticism (mp3; archive.org page with various downloading options here).

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