Homo Necans : The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
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Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0520058755
ISBN-13
9780520058750
Publisher
University of California Press
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University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 20th, 1986
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
568 grams
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22.80 x 15.00 x 2.30 cms
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Ancient GreeceAnthropology
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Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This study examines this question.
Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study.
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