The Human Sacrifice
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The Strange World Of Human Sacrifice
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2007
The Strange World Of Human Sacrifice written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The Strange World of Human Sacrifice is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volume starts with a brief introduction, which is followed by studies of Aztec human sacrifice and the literary motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. Turning to ancient Greece, three cases of human sacrifice are analysed: a ritual example, a mythical case, and one in which myth and ritual are interrelated. The early Christians were the victims of accusations of human sacrifice, but in turn imputed the crime to heterodox Christians, just as the Jews imputed the crime to their neighbours. The ancient Egyptians rarely seem to have practised human sacrifice, but buried the pharaoh's servants with him in order to serve him in the afterlife, albeit only for a brief period at the very beginning of pharaonic civilization. In ancient India we can follow the traditions of human sacrifice from the earliest texts up to modern times, where especially in eastern India goddesses, such as Kali, were long worshipped with human victims. In Japanese tales human sacrifice often takes the form of self-sacrifice, and there may well be a line from these early sacrifices to modern kamikaze. The last study throws a surprising light on human sacrifice in China. The volume is concluded with a detailed index
The Value Of A Human Life
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Author : Karel Innemée
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-04-20
The Value Of A Human Life written by Karel Innemée and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-20 with categories.
Experts from different disciplines present new insights into the subject of ritual homicide in various regions of the ancient world.
Flesh And Blood Interrogating Freud On Human Sacrifice Real And Imagined
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Author : Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-12-16
Flesh And Blood Interrogating Freud On Human Sacrifice Real And Imagined written by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Religion categories.
The horrifying idea of child sacrifice, and the offering to the gods of a beloved only son by his father is a theme which appears repeatedly in Western traditions. This book focuses on religious rituals of violence, imagined and real.
New Perspectives On Human Sacrifice And Ritual Body Treatments In Ancient Maya Society
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Author : Vera Tiesler
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-02-15
New Perspectives On Human Sacrifice And Ritual Body Treatments In Ancient Maya Society written by Vera Tiesler and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-15 with Social Science categories.
This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area studied: archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists. This interdisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive perspective on these sites as well as the material culture and biological evidence found there
On Human Sacrifices In Ancient India
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Author : Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
On Human Sacrifices In Ancient India written by Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Human sacrifice categories.
Human Sacrifice And Value
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Author : Matthew J. Walsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Human Sacrifice And Value written by Matthew J. Walsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Human sacrifice categories.
"This volume explores concepts of human sacrifice, focusing on its value - or multiplicity of values - in relative cultural and temporal terms, whether sacrifice is expressed in actual killings, in ideas revolving around ritualized, sanctioned, or sanctified violence or loss, or in transformed and (often sublimated) undertakings"--
Human Sacrifice In History And Today
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Author : Nigel Davies
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1988-12-01
Human Sacrifice In History And Today written by Nigel Davies and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-12-01 with Blood categories.
Human Sacrifice In Ancient Greece
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Author : Dennis D. Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Human Sacrifice In Ancient Greece written by Dennis D. Hughes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with History categories.
Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers; and many other texts report human sacrifices performed regularly in the cult of the gods or during emergencies such as war and plague. Archaeologists have frequently proposed human sacrifice as an explanation for their discoveries: from Minoan Crete children's bones with knife-cut marks, the skeleton of a youth lying on a platform with a bronze blade resting on his chest, skeletons, sometimes bound, in the dromoi of Mycenaean and Cypriot chamber tombs; and dual man-woman burials, where it is suggested that the woman was slain or took her own life at the man's funeral. If the archaeologists' interpretations and the claims in the ancient sources are accepted, they present a bloody and violent picture of the religious life of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age well into historical times. But the author expresses caution. In many cases alternative, if less sensational, explanations of the archaeological are possible; and it can often be shown that human sacrifices in the literary texts are mythical or that late authors confused mythical details with actual practices.Whether the evidence is accepted or not, this study offers a fascinating glimpse into the religious thought of the ancient Greeks and into changing modern conceptions of their religious behaviour.
The Role Of Human Sacrifice In The Ancient Near East
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Author : Alberto Ravinell Whitney Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Role Of Human Sacrifice In The Ancient Near East written by Alberto Ravinell Whitney Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Religion categories.
Human Sacrifice In Jewish And Christian Tradition
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Author : Karin Finsterbusch
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-14
Human Sacrifice In Jewish And Christian Tradition written by Karin Finsterbusch and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Religion categories.
The present volume asks to which extent ancient practices and traditions of human sacrifice are reflected in medieval and modern Judeo-Christian times and also includes contributions concerned with the Ancient Near East and Ancient Greece.