Religion, empire, and torture :the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib
Chicago
University of Chicago Press
Includes bibliographical references )p. 143-167( and index
Bruce Lincoln
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