Walter Burkert

Broschiertes Buch

Homo Necans

The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

Übersetzer: Bing, Peter

Beschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780520058750
• ISBN-10: 0520058755
• Artikelnr.: 21785109