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

Name: Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
Brand: University of California Press
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paperback – November 20, 1986

by Burkert, Walter

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ISBN-13: 9780520058750 ISBN-10: 0520058755

Publisher

University of California Press

Binding

paperback

Published

November 20, 1986

Weight

1.3 lbs

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22.40×2.40×15.20 cm

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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Burkert, Walter. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520058750.

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 Burkerts famous study.