Resemblance between the Christian Devil and Angra Mainyu does not establish borrowing.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Asher Wilder, Did Zoroastrianism Invent Satan?
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Did Zoroastrianism Invent Satan?
Did Zoroastrianism Invent Satan?
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The Foundation classifies none of its 38 Old Iranian loanwords as Religion and belief.
Imported citation, not independently checked: The Persian Passband; Benjamin J. Noonan, Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible
Silverman interprets Zechariah 3 as a satrapal confirmation hearing, not a priestly investiture.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Jason M. Silverman, Vetting the Priest in Zechariah 3 (2014), contested-but-grounded
Bava Batra 16a identifies Satan, the evil inclination and the Angel of Death as one.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 16a, bedrock
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