Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case Of Achaemenian Persia, With A Postscript On Abu Ghraib

by Bruce Lincoln (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $39.62

  Identifying the three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission, the author shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth, power, and territory, and more.