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Homo Necans

Paperback • 1987 • English

Homo Necans

By Walter Burkert

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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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9780520058750

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1987

Language

English

Original title

Homo Necans

Format

Paperback

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