Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199218547)

In this study of the ritual of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism, and Christianity in the period between 100 BC and AD 200, Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70). Contrary to other studies in this area, she demonstrates that the process by which Christianity finally separated its own cultic code from the strong tradition of animal sacrifice was a slow and difficult one. Petropoulou places special emphasis on the fact that Christians gave completely new meanings to the term sacrifice'. She also explores the question why, if animal sacrifice was of prime importance in the eastern Mediterranean at this time, Christians should ultimately have rejected it.

Author: Maria-Zoe Petropoulou
ISBN-10: 0199218544
ISBN-13: 9780199218547
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2008
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d