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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. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) From the Inside Flap "A milestone, not only in the field of classics but in the wider field of the history of religion. . . . It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."--Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute must for any serious student of Greek religion."--Albert Henrichs, Harvard University

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Author

Walter Burkert; Peter Bing

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520036505

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Sociology

Rating

4.09 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14