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

By Walter Burkert

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520036506
• ISBN13: 9780520036505
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.