000333989 000__ 02227cam\a2200301Ia\4500 000333989 001__ 333989 000333989 005__ 20210513122148.0 000333989 008__ 061226s2007\\\\be\a\\\\\b\\\\101\0\eng\d 000333989 020__ $$a9789042918436 (pbk.) 000333989 020__ $$a9042918438 (pbk.) 000333989 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn148765898 000333989 035__ $$a333989 000333989 040__ $$aBTCTA$$cBTCTA$$dNLGGC$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dTXA$$dBWX$$dIXA$$dDRB$$dSTF$$dCUD 000333989 049__ $$aISEA 000333989 05000 $$aBL570$$b.S433 2007 000333989 08200 $$a203/.42$$222 000333989 24504 $$aThe strange world of human sacrifice /$$cedited by Jan N. Bremmer. 000333989 260__ $$aLueven, Belgium ;$$aDudley, MA :$$bPeeters,$$c2007. 000333989 300__ $$axi, 268 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000333989 440_0 $$aStudies in the history and anthropology of religion ;$$v1 000333989 500__ $$a"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. 000333989 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000333989 5050_ $$aAztec 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. 000333989 5831_ $$acommitted to retain$$c20150501$$dretention period not specified$$fALI SP$$5InES 000333989 650_0 $$aHuman sacrifice$$xHistory$$vCongresses. 000333989 650_0 $$aHuman sacrifice$$vComparative studies$$vCongresses. 000333989 7001_ $$aBremmer, Jan N. 000333989 7102_ $$aRijksuniversiteit Groningen.$$bFaculteit der Godgeleerdheid. 000333989 85200 $$bgen$$hBL570$$i.S433$$i2007 000333989 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:333989$$pGLOBAL_SET 000333989 980__ $$aBIB 000333989 980__ $$aBOOK