Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition

Bys: Finsterbusch, Karin and Lange, Armin

This volume asks to which extent ancient practices and traditions of human sacrifice are reflected in medieval and modern Judeo-Christian times. The first part of the volume, on antiquity, focuses on rituals of human sacrifice and
polemics against it, as well as on transformations of human sacrifice in the Israelite-Jewish and Christian cultures, while the Ancient Near East and ancient Greece are not excluded. The second part of the volume, on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004150854
• ISBN13: 9789004150850
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.7"