Author: Walter Burkert Year: 1972 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Anthology, Non Fiction, Religion, Philosophy
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ISBNs: 9780520058750 0520058755 |
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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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