The Value of a Human Life : Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Antiquity.

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 ritualised way, often called human sacrifice. Much has been written about this, and research and discussion about ritual killing continue. This book offers co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Innemée, Karel C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2022]
Colección:Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities.
Temas:
Antiquities.
Human sacrifice.
Sacrifice humain.
Antiquities
Human sacrifice
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Human sacrifice and ritual killing, defining the field
  • Karel C. Innemée*
  • Ritual killing of humans in ancient Mesopotamia
  • Theo J.H. Krispijn*
  • Chapter 3
  • Ritual homicide in ancient Egypt
  • Jacobus van Dijk*
  • Chapter 4
  • Sacrifice and ritual killing of humans in the Etruscan world?
  • L. Bouke van der Meer*
  • Chapter 5
  • Phoenician synthesis
  • Patterns of human sacrifice and problems with ritual killing
  • Brien Garnand*
  • Chapter 6
  • Human sacrifice from ancient Israel to early Christianity
  • Karel C. Innemée*
  • Chapter 7
  • Deconstructing the Aztec human sacrifice
  • Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen* and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez*
  • Chapter 8
  • Death and new life
  • An intimate relationship
  • Pieter ter Keurs*
  • About the Authors
  • Blank Page

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