Religion, empire, and torture [electronic resource] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / Bruce Lincoln.
2007
BL65.P7 L56 2007eb
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Religion, empire, and torture [electronic resource] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / Bruce Lincoln.
Author
Lincoln, Bruce.
ISBN
9780226481968 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226481964 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226481964 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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BL65.P7 L56 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
935/.05
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
Center and periphery
God's chosen
Creation
Microcosms, wonders, paradise
The dark side of paradise
Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters.