Religion, Empire, and Torture : The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
022625187X
ISBN-13
9780226251875
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 20th, 2014
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
113 grams
Dimensions
2.30 x 1.50 x 0.10 cms
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern historyAncient history: to c 500 CESocial & cultural historyReligion & politics
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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.
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