What does Zoroastrianism have to do with the emergence of Abrahamic faiths? Abraham was a student of the prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism may have "set the stage" for Abrahamic faiths to emerge by conditioning Western cultures into adopting mono-theistic ideologies. O The prophet Zoroaster belonged to the same tribal lineage as Abraham. O Zoroastrianism was seen as a malevolent religion, thus necessitating the emergence of more benevolent (Abrahamic) faiths