Religion, Empire, and Torture
The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib
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“Bruce Lincoln gives us not only what is specific to the Achaemenids, imperfectly grasped by their contemporaries and rarely recognized by moderns, but also what is common to many empires, including the hopeful illusions of benign purpose and the pitfalls of success in the historical world. Within this work of literary and historical analysis, made possible by erudite mastery of many streams of knowledge from the past, Lincoln sets a moral lesson made necessary by knowledge of the present.”
American Schools of Oriental Research: Frank Moore Cross Award
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