Diversity of Sacrifice
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Edited by:
Carrie Ann Murray
About this book
Explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present.
Explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present.
The term "sacrifice" belies what is a complex and varied transhistorical and transcultural phenomenon. Bringing together scholars from such diverse fields as anthropology, archaeology, epigraphy, literature, and theology, Diversity of Sacrifice explores sacrificial practices across a range of contexts from prehistory to the present. Incorporating theory, material culture, and textual evidence, the volume seeks to consider new and divergent data related to contexts of sacrifice that can help broaden our field of vision while raising new questions. The essays contributed here move beyond reductive and simple explanations to explore complex areas of social interaction. Sacrifice plays a key role in the overlapping sacred and secular spheres for a number of societies in the past and present. How religious beliefs and practices can be integral parts of life on individual and community levels is of fundamental importance to understanding the past and present. In addition to aiding scholarly research, Diversity of Sacrifice enables students to explore this rich theme across Europe and the Mediterranean with clear discussions of theory and data.
Author / Editor information
Carrie Ann Murray is Assistant Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology at Brock University.
Carrie Ann Murray is Assistant Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology at Brock University.
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Defining and Redefining the Boundaries of Sacrifice
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Phillips Stevens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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On the Concept of Sacrifice and the Possibility of Understanding Neolithic Wetland Depositions Åsa Berggren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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A New Look at Some Weapons and Vessels from the Metal Ages Christoph Huth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Exploring the Present and Future of Gifts for the Gods Samantha Hurn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Sacrifice across the Mediterranean World
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Sacrifice in the Ancient Egyptian Context Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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A Physical Anthropological Perspective Jeffrey H. Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Spectacle, Gaze, Performance Tyler Jo Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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The Case of Tarquinia Nancy T. de Grummond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Exploring Exceptional Cases of Sacrifice
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The Case of the Early Neolithic Site of Herxheim, Palatinate, Germany Andrea Zeeb-Lanz, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Silja Bauer, Bruno Boulestin, Anne-Sophie Coupey, Anthony Denaire, Fabian Haack, Christian Jeunesse, Dirk Schimmelpfennig and Rouven Turck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Enriqueta Pons, Lídia Colominas and Maria Saña Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Formularizing and Regularizing Sacrifice
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The Alphabet as an Offering in Ancient Israel, or, a Classicist’s Read on the Ritual Law of the Sotah Roger D. Woodard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Michael Gagarin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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Theories of Sacrifice and Theologies of the Cross S. Mark Heim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
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