The strange world of human sacrifice
By: edited by Jan N. Bremmer.
Contributors: Bremmer, Jan N.; Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen. Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid.
Series: Studies in the history and anthropology of religion -- 1
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lueven, Belgium; Dudley, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9789042918436
Subjects: Human sacrifice -- History -- Congresses.; Human sacrifice -- Comparative studies -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Aztec human sacrifice as expiation / M. Graulich; value: Human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature / J. Borsje; value: Myth and ritual in Greek human sacrifice: Lykaon, Polyxena, and the case of the Rhodian criminal / J.N. Bremmer; value: The early Christians and human sacrifice / L. Roig Lanzillotta; value: Child sacrifice in ancient Israel: the status quaestionis / E. Noort; value: Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt / H. te Velde; value: Retainer sacrifice in Egypt and in Nubia / J. van Dijk; value: Human sacrifice in India in Vedic times and before / A. Parpola; value: Human sacrifice (puruṣamedha), construction sacrifice, and the origin of the idea of the "man of the homestead" (vāstupuruṣa) / H.T. Bakker; value: Human sacrifice among the Konds / L.P. van den Bosch; value: Human sacrifice in Japan / K. Harimoto; value: Human sacrifice and self-sacrifice in China: a century of revelations / T.H. Barrett.