Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Burkert, Walter

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520058750)

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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Burkert, Walter

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

$36.95
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Burkert, Walter

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

$36.95
Format: Paperback
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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 question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study.

Author: Walter Burkert
ISBN-10: 0520058755
ISBN-13: 9780520058750
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 11/20/1986
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.89w x 0.91d

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