The strange world of human sacrifice
By: edited by Jan N. Bremmer
Series: Studies in the history and anthropology of religion -- 1
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leuven; Dudley, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Human sacrifice; Congresses
Notes: Proceedings of a conference held in winter 2004 at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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