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Item Details
Title:
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TRANSFORMATIONS IN SACRIFICIAL PRACTICES
FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES |
By: |
Eftychia Stavrianopoulou (Editor), Axel Michaels (Editor), Claus Ambos (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£34.90 |
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ISBN 10: |
382581095X |
ISBN 13: |
9783825810955 |
Publisher: |
LIT VERLAG |
Pub. date: |
31 August, 2009 |
Series: |
Performances: Intercultural Studies on Ritual, Play and Theatre No. 15 |
Pages: |
320 |
Synopsis: |
This volume explores a broad spectrum of texts, case studies and social practices from Greco-Roman antiquity as well as the Ancient Near East and Egypt to the modern Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. Diverging cultural perceptions and definitions of the topic "sacrifice" are examined and thereby new insights into the processes of modification and transformation of sacrificial rituals are gained. |
Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
Publication: |
Germany |
Imprint: |
Lit Verlag |
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Non-returnable |
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