Early Christian and Greco-Roman conceptions of blood difference / by Allen Wilson.

The blood that is like soil
The blood that is like a line, long and swollen : from whose blood did you come?
The blood that is like ichor : Greco-Roman blood is nourishing
The blood that is like all the other bloods : she welcomes death as a lover
The blood that is like medicine, poison, or fire : to sprinkle is to splatter
Irenaeus of Lyons and the blood that is like "our blood" : blood can be inherited by the kingdom of God
Tertullian and the blood that is like seed : they welcome a new death
Origen of Alexandria and the blood that is not blood : the soul is not blood
A blood like any other, only more so.