A study of animal sacrifice within Greek paganism, Judaism, and Christianity during the period of their interaction between about 100 BC and AD 200. After a vivid account of the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70), Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards this practice. Contrary to other studies in this area, she demonstrates that the process by which Christianity finally separated its owncultic code from the strong tradition of animal sacrifice was a slow and difficult one. Petropoulou places special emphasis on the fact that Christians gave completely new meanings to the term `sacrifice’. She also explores the question why, if animal sacrifice was of prime importance in theeastern Mediterranean at this time, Christians should ultimately have rejected it.
语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● ISBN 9780191527357 ● 出版者 OUP Oxford ● 发布时间 2008 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2272996 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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