[Footnote 198: The Zend or Pazend, the bible of the Ghebers,
is reckoned by themselves, or at least by the Mahometans,
among the ten books which Abraham received from heaven; and
their religion is honorably styled the religion of Abraham,
(D'Herblot, Bibliot. Orient. p. 701; Hyde, de Religione
veterum Persarum, c, iii. p. 27, 28, &c.) I much fear that
we do not possess any pure and free description of the
system of Zoroaster. ^* Dr. Prideaux (Connection, vol. i. p.
300, octavo) adopts the opinion, that he had been the slave
and scholar of some Jewish prophet in the captivity of
Babylon. Perhaps the Persians, who have been the masters of
the Jews, would assert the honor, a poor honor, of being
'their' masters.]