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Sacred Killing : The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East by Aubrey Baadsgaard; Roderick Campbell; Elizabeth Carter; Gillian Goslinga; Jonathan Greer; Brian Hesse; Janet Monge; Sharon Moses; Beate Pongratz-Leisten; Anne M Porter; Anne Porter; Nerissa Russell; Glenn M Schwartz; Glenn M Schwarz; Mary M Voigt; Paula Wapnish; Jill A Weber; Richard L Zettler is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>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 Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East investigates these and other questions through the evidence for human and animal sacrifice in the Near East from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic periods. Drawing on sociocultural anthropology and history in addition to archaeology, the book also includes evidence from ancient China and a riveting eyewitness account and analysis of sacrifice in contemporary India, which engage some of the key issues at stake. Sacred Killing vividly presents a variety of methods and theories in the study of one of the most profound and disturbing ritual activities humans have ever practiced.<br></p>

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Author

Aubrey Baadsgaard; Roderick Campbell; Elizabeth Carter; Gillian Goslinga; Jonathan Greer; Brian Hesse; Janet Monge; Sharon Moses; Beate Pongratz-Leisten; Anne M Porter; Anne Porter; Nerissa Russell; Glenn M Schwartz; Glenn M Schwarz; Mary M Voigt; Paula Wapnish; Jill A Weber; Richard L Zettler

Publisher

Penn State University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781575062365

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Christian, Fiction

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14