Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

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ISBN-10:

0520036506

ISBN-13:

9780520036505

Author(s): Walter Burkert
Edition: F First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1984
Format: Hardcover, 360 pages
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Description:

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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