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Enrico Raffaelli serves as Associate Professor in Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in History of Religions with a focus on pre-Islamic Iranian traditions. His scholarship illuminates Zoroastrian textual heritage through rigorous philological analysis and interdisciplinary examination of religious cosmology.
Raffaelli earned his PhD in Zoroastrianism (1999-2004) through a joint program between the University of Naples "L'Orientale" and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, following undergraduate studies in Iranian studies at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with specialization in Zoroastrianism and pre-Islamic Iranian languages.
His research centers on Avestan ritual texts and Middle Persian apocalyptic literature, with groundbreaking contributions to understanding Zoroastrian astrology's development and cross-cultural transmission. He examines how astrological concepts flowed between Mesopotamian, Classical, Indian, and Islamic traditions through Zoroastrian intermediaries, revealing complex intercultural exchanges in ancient scientific thought.
Raffaelli's publication trajectory demonstrates consistent advancement in textual scholarship, evolving from detailed manuscript analyses of core Zoroastrian texts like the Sih-rozag and Bundahišn toward broader investigations of religious cosmology and apocalyptic thought. His recent encyclopedia contributions synthesize decades of research into accessible frameworks for understanding Zoroastrianism's historical significance.
