Religion, empire, and torture [electronic resource] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / Bruce Lincoln.
By: Lincoln, Bruce.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: xvii, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C | Religion and politics | Religion and politics -- Iran -- Case studies | Iran -- History -- To 640Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 935/.05 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index.
Introduction -- Center and periphery -- God's chosen -- Creation -- Microcosms, wonders, paradise -- The dark side of paradise -- Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters.
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