Characteristics of sacred literature judaism zoroastrianism vedic religion match from torah avesta sanskrit avestan and persian languages written 600 bce – 200 1200 – 586 bce creation story of god creating the universe and humans creation story of ahura mazda battling evil spirits written 1400 – 400 bce creation story of purusha sacrifice vedas hebrew language torah avesta sanskrit avestan and persian languages written 600 bce – 200 bce written 1200 – 586 bce creation story of god creating the universe and humans creation story of ahura mazda battling evil spirit written 1400 – 400 bcecreation story of purusha’s sacrifice vedas hebrew language