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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.

Religion Empire and Torture

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 20/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9780226251875, 978-0226251875
      ISBN10: 022625187X
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      Ancient history Middle Eastern history Social and cultural history

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      Book Synopsis
      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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