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Stranger World of Human Sacrifice (Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion)
May 1, 2007, Peeters Publishers
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9042918438 9789042918436
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Table of Contents
Aztec human sacrifice as expiation / M. Graulich
Human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature / J. Borsje
Myth and ritual in Greek human sacrifice: Lykaon, Polyxena, and the case of the Rhodian criminal / J.N. Bremmer
The early Christians and human sacrifice / L. Roig Lanzillotta
Child sacrifice in ancient Israel: the status quaestionis / E. Noort
Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt / H. te Velde
Retainer sacrifice in Egypt and in Nubia / J. van Dijk
Human sacrifice in India in Vedic times and before / A. Parpola
Human sacrifice (puruṣamedha), construction sacrifice, and the origin of the idea of the "man of the homestead" (vāstupuruṣa) / H.T. Bakker
Human sacrifice among the Konds / L.P. van den Bosch
Human sacrifice in Japan / K. Harimoto
Human sacrifice and self-sacrifice in China: a century of revelations / T.H. Barrett.
Edition Notes
"The international conference that formed the basis of this book was organised by the research group 'Religious Symbols' and took place at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the winter of 2004."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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