Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice
- ISBN-10
- 0199738963
- ISBN-13
- 9780199738960
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10-14
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Authors
- Jennifer Wright Knust, Zsuzsanna Várhelyi
Description
An investigation of the multiple meanings and functions of sacrifice in diverse religious texts and practices from the late Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods.
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