Editing Saoshyant (section)

== Influenced by other religions ==
{{See also|Religious influences on Zoroastrianism}}
Zoroastrian Dr. Ardeshir Khorshedian, physician, researcher, writer and head of the Mobidan Association of Tehran, described the idea of Saoshyant as having been developed by the Zoroastrians and that the idea that Saoshyant is the promised one came from the Jews, but with the Islamic conquest of Persia the idea became more widespread among the Zoroastrians.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-03 <!--(1397-05-12)--> |title=سوشیانت یا موعود مزدیسنا دارای چه معنایی است؟ - امرداد |url=https://amordadnews.com/7480/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=amordadnews.com |language=fa-IR}}</ref>

Also [[Cyrus Niknam]], a [[Mobad]], writer and researcher of ancient Iranian culture, says that the idea of a savior is a wrong interpretation by the priests of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanian era]] and that in reality there is no savior but rather a correct interpretation of the word Saoshyant is the useful from the sacred.<ref>{{Cite web |title=زرتشتیان به منجی آخر زمان باور دارند، اگر بپذيريم كه شهربانو نیز يكی از بزرگان زرتشتی است. پس فرزندان او نيز از بزرگان زرتشتی بوده اند، اين فرزندان ازامامان شيعيان هستند، آيا می توان برخی از آنان را سوشيانت دانست؟ |url=https://www.kniknam.com/content/%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%8C-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%BE%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%83%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%8A%D9%83%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D8%B3 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.kniknam.com |language=fa}}</ref>

[[Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla]] Pakistani [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] priest and religious scholar add that the word ''Saoshyant''  is not a name of any particular individual, but as a generic term, designating Zarathushtra and his fellow workers<ref>{{Cite web |title=M.N. Dhalla: History of Zoroastrianism (1938), part 2, CHAPTER XII, ,THE FINAL DISPENSATION. |url=https://www.avesta.org/dhalla/history2.htm |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=www.avesta.org}}</ref>

Dina G. McIntyre, an Indian Zoroastrian woman, had lectures on the teachings of the Gathas, denied the existence of a savior and considered it an idea that appeared in later literature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Talisman |url=http://www.zoroastrian.org.uk/vohuman/Article/The%20Talisman.htm |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=www.zoroastrian.org.uk}}</ref>

The idea that Zoroastrianism was influenced by other religions has been put forward by many scholars, like [[James Darmesteter]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=ZOROASTRIANISM - JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/15283-zoroastrianism |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> and others have mentioned, [[Zoroastrianism]] was influenced by [[Judaism]], Dr. Kersey Antia is the Zoroastrian High Priest of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], denied that the similarities between Judaism and Zoroastrianism were due to Persian influence on Judaism.<ref>[https://www.avesta.org/antia/Theodicy_in_Judaism_and_Zoroastrianism.pdf Theodicy_in_Judaism_and_Zoroastrianism.pdf]</ref>