| Description |
1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; 27 |
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Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; 26.
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| Contents |
Human sacrifice and ritual killing, defining the field / Karel C. Innemée -- Ritual killing of humans in ancient Mesopotamia / Theo J.H. Krispijn -- Ritual homicide in ancient Egypt / Jacobus van Dijk -- Sacrifice and ritual killing of humans in the Etruscan world? / L. Bouke van der Meer -- Phoenician synthesis. Patterns of human sacrifice and problems with ritual killing / Brien Garnand -- Human sacrifice from ancient Israel to early Christianity / Karel C. Innemée -- Deconstructing the Aztec human sacrifice / Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez -- Death and new life. An intimate relationship / Pieter ter Keurs |
| Summary |
Throughout the millennia and all over the world people have been killed by others, not only in wars and as a result of murders, but also in a ritualized way, often called human sacrifice. Much has been written about this, and research and discussion about ritual killing continue. This book offers contributions to this on-going discussion, by a re-evaluation of the term human sacrifice, arguing that not all forms of ritual killing can be considered to be sacrificial.-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Antiquities.
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Human sacrifice.
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Antiquities
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Human sacrifice
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Innemée, Karel C., editor.
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| ISBN |
9789464260588 |
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9464260580 |
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