"The one who was and is and will be"

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10.22081/jap.2021.71411

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"The one Who was and is and will be" in the Avesta is a recurring phrase that the scholars have shown its older usage in other Indo-European languages. In Pahlavi writings, this phrase sometimes describes God. There is a similar expression in Manichean writings. This article is a brief search on the history of these Zoroastrian and Manichean expressions.
 
 

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