Lincoln, Bruce.

Religion, empire, and torture the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / [electronic resource] : Bruce Lincoln. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xvii, 176 p. : ill.

Includes 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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Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.


Religion and politics.
Religion and politics--Iran--Case studies.


Iran--History--To 640.


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BL65.P7 / L56 2007eb

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