{"product_id":"interpreting-child-sacrifice-narratives-benjamin-beit-hallahmi-9781350236769","title":"Interpreting Child Sacrifice Narratives: Horror and Redemption","description":"Examining the theme of child sacrifice as a psychological challenge, this book applies a unique approach to religious ideas by looking at beliefs and practices that are considered deviant, but also make up part of mainstream religious discourse in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ancient religious mythology, which survives through living traditions and transmitted narratives, rituals, and writings, is filled with violent stories, often involving the targeting of children as ritual victims. Christianity offers Abraham's sacrifice and assures us that the \"only begotten son\" has died, and then been resurrected. This version of the sacrifice myth has dominated the West. It is celebrated in an act of fantasy cannibalism, in which the believers share the divine son's flesh and blood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book makes the connection between Satanism stories in the 1980s, the Blood Libel in Europe, The Eucharist, and Eastern Mediterranean narratives of child sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350236764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350236769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d","brand":"Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767296610559,"sku":"9781350236769","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4430424d-6950-42f1-81db-8df8eaa8d29b.jpg?v=1744169411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interpreting-child-sacrifice-narratives-benjamin-beit-hallahmi-9781350236769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}