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HOMO NECANS the Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
by Burkert, Walter; (translated by Peter Bing)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520036506
- ISBN 13
- 9780520036505
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University of California Press. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0520036506 . Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Dustjacket has a couple of large tears with chipping. ; 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 posed in Walter Burkert's famous study. ; 360 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36975
- Title
- HOMO NECANS the Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
- Author
- Burkert, Walter; (translated by Peter Bing)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520036506
- ISBN 13
- 9780520036505
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0520036506, Myth And Mythology, Sacrificial, Rites & Ceremonies, Paganism, Anthropology, Greek Religion, Greek History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paganism; Mythology;
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