Homo Necans

Walter Burkert

University of California Press, 1986

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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 study examines this question.

ISBN-13
9780520058750
ISBN-10
0520058755
Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1986
Publication date
1986-11-20
Pages
360
Dimensions
228x150x23
Weight
568