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Homo Necans

Homo Necans The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

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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.

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ISBN: 9780520058750
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 292.38
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 334
Weight: 568g
Height: 228mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 23mm

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