On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice from the Sacred to the Secular - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691190884ISBN-10:691190887UPC:9780691190884Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Church, Christian TheologyBook Topic:HistorySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.70 inchesWeight:2.1627Product ID:SC1HGB1XBZ
On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice from the Sacred to the Secular
How Christianity both abolished and absorbed sacrifice
From the beginning, sacrifice lived a double life in Christianity, both abandoned and essential. Christ's death on the cross was the sacrifice to end all sacrifice, eclipsing the temple sacrifices of Judaism and paganism. And yet at the center of the lived faith was the repetition of sacrifice: the offering of Christ's body, the sacrifices of...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691190884ISBN-10:691190887UPC:9780691190884Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian Church, Christian TheologyBook Topic:HistorySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.70 inchesWeight:2.1627Product ID:SC1HGB1XBZ
Jonathan Sheehan is the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Enlightenment Bible: Translation, Scholarship, Culture and the coauthor of Invisible Hands: Self-Organization and the Eighteenth Century.
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