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Sacred Killing
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Anne Porter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-17 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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What is sacrifice? How can we identify it in the archaeological record? And what does it tell us about the societies that practice it? Sacred Killing: The Archa
Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Heath D. Dewrell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-23 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would will
Human Sacrifice
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Laerke Recht
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-20 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, w
The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East
Language: en
Pages: 412
Authors: Alberto Ravinell Whitney Green
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975 - Publisher:

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Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Karin Finsterbusch
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-14 - Publisher: BRILL

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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