What is the Zoroastrian interpretation of the birth of Jesus?

There is no Zoroastrian or Persian account of the birth of Jesus, although there was a prophecy that is faintly similar and may have been known to the author of Matthew's Gospel, in which we find the claim of magi (Zoroastrian priests) coming to worship Jesus. read more

There is no Zoroastrian or Persian account of the birth of Jesus, although there was a prophecy that is faintly similar and may have been known to the author of Matthew’s Gospel, in which we find the claim of magi (Zoroastrian priests) coming to worship Jesus. In Zoroastrianism, it is the Saoshyant who will come to earth and fight evil. read more

First of all, the earliest writing down of the scripture of Zoroastrianism was in the fourth century AD (yes, AD). The oldest manuscript we have of the Avesta–the principle scripture of Zoroastrianism–is from the fourteenth century AD. Most of the claimed parallels between Jesus and Zoroaster are not found at all in the Avesta. read more

There is no Zoroastrian or Persian account of the birth of Jesus, although there was a prophecy that is faintly similar and may have been known to the author of Matthew’s Gospel, in which we find the claim of magi (Zoroastrian priests) coming to worship Jesus. read more

So much for the parallel between Jesus and Zoroaster and for the idea that the church got the idea of the resurrection from the Avesta. Other parallels have been claimed by Jesus-Mythers. They claim that Zoroaster was baptized in a river. There is no mention of this in any Zoroastrian scripture. They claim that his was a virgin birth. read more

It is likely that Zoroastrianism influenced the development of Judaism and the birth of Christianity. The Christians, following a Jewish tradition, identified Zoroaster with Ezekiel, Nimrod, Seth, Balaam, and Baruch and even, through the latter, with Jesus Christ himself. read more