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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
Author: Dennis D. Hughes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134966385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers; and many other texts report human sacrifices performed regularly in the cult of the gods or during emergencies such as war and plague. Archaeologists have frequently proposed human sacrifice as an explanation for their discoveries: from Minoan Crete children's bones with knife-cut marks, the skeleton of a youth lying on a platform with a bronze blade resting on his chest, skeletons, sometimes bound, in the dromoi of Mycenaean and Cypriot chamber tombs; and dual man-woman burials, where it is suggested that the woman was slain or took her own life at the man's funeral. If the archaeologists' interpretations and the claims in the ancient sources are accepted, they present a bloody and violent picture of the religious life of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age well into historical times. But the author expresses caution. In many cases alternative, if less sensational, explanations of the archaeological are possible; and it can often be shown that human sacrifices in the literary texts are mythical or that late authors confused mythical details with actual practices.Whether the evidence is accepted or not, this study offers a fascinating glimpse into the religious thought of the ancient Greeks and into changing modern conceptions of their religious behaviour.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134966385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers; and many other texts report human sacrifices performed regularly in the cult of the gods or during emergencies such as war and plague. Archaeologists have frequently proposed human sacrifice as an explanation for their discoveries: from Minoan Crete children's bones with knife-cut marks, the skeleton of a youth lying on a platform with a bronze blade resting on his chest, skeletons, sometimes bound, in the dromoi of Mycenaean and Cypriot chamber tombs; and dual man-woman burials, where it is suggested that the woman was slain or took her own life at the man's funeral. If the archaeologists' interpretations and the claims in the ancient sources are accepted, they present a bloody and violent picture of the religious life of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age well into historical times. But the author expresses caution. In many cases alternative, if less sensational, explanations of the archaeological are possible; and it can often be shown that human sacrifices in the literary texts are mythical or that late authors confused mythical details with actual practices.Whether the evidence is accepted or not, this study offers a fascinating glimpse into the religious thought of the ancient Greeks and into changing modern conceptions of their religious behaviour.
British Reformers: Select sermons and letters of Dr. Hugh Latimer
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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Publisher:
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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Lake of Sins: Machinations and Sacrifices: A dystopian, genetic engineering fantasy
Author: L. S. O'Dea
Publisher: Linda O'Dea
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The war is over, but predators hunt the city streets. The Allied Classes may have won the war, but there are new problems to solve. With Producers officially off the menu and refusing to go back to the encampments, food is scarce. Homelessness and violence are taking over the city, and they still need to discover who is trafficking young Servants and Guards. But monsters lurk in the shadows of the city and to catch them sacrifices must be made. If you enjoy science fiction fantasy stories in a future, dystopian world with human-animal hybrids, werewolf type creatures, mutants, hybrids, monsters and snarky sidekicks, you'll love this book.
Publisher: Linda O'Dea
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The war is over, but predators hunt the city streets. The Allied Classes may have won the war, but there are new problems to solve. With Producers officially off the menu and refusing to go back to the encampments, food is scarce. Homelessness and violence are taking over the city, and they still need to discover who is trafficking young Servants and Guards. But monsters lurk in the shadows of the city and to catch them sacrifices must be made. If you enjoy science fiction fantasy stories in a future, dystopian world with human-animal hybrids, werewolf type creatures, mutants, hybrids, monsters and snarky sidekicks, you'll love this book.
The Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, 1827-1896
Author: Edmund Spencer Eardley Childers
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Category : Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley, 1827-1896
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley, 1827-1896
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Uncertain Refuge
Author: Elizabeth Allen
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812253442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"An examination of sanctuary seeking in the literature of medieval England between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries"--
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812253442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"An examination of sanctuary seeking in the literature of medieval England between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries"--
Hugh Latimer
Author: Harold S. Darby
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 172525624X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The pendulum has swung far since the days of our grandfathers when the three martyrs at Oxford were looked upon as symbols of a great deliverance wrought once for all. But if the life of Latimer is symbolic of anything, it stands with Wyclif's and Wesley's to demonstrate the power of preaching based on the Bible which touches the hearts and minds of the people. Of all the men concerned, for selfish or unselfish reasons, with the English Reformation, none was more popular in his own time than Latimer, and none has a greater place in the affections of posterity. His forthright speech still rings from the printed page with the accent of the English countryside, so that a modern reader can feel something of the power which once dominated the court of Edward the Sixth and the vast crowds who gathered to hear him in church or in the open air at St Paul's 'in the shrouds'. Others did as much, perhaps more, to establish the religion which has become typical of English Christianity. --From Chapter One: Birth and Education
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 172525624X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The pendulum has swung far since the days of our grandfathers when the three martyrs at Oxford were looked upon as symbols of a great deliverance wrought once for all. But if the life of Latimer is symbolic of anything, it stands with Wyclif's and Wesley's to demonstrate the power of preaching based on the Bible which touches the hearts and minds of the people. Of all the men concerned, for selfish or unselfish reasons, with the English Reformation, none was more popular in his own time than Latimer, and none has a greater place in the affections of posterity. His forthright speech still rings from the printed page with the accent of the English countryside, so that a modern reader can feel something of the power which once dominated the court of Edward the Sixth and the vast crowds who gathered to hear him in church or in the open air at St Paul's 'in the shrouds'. Others did as much, perhaps more, to establish the religion which has become typical of English Christianity. --From Chapter One: Birth and Education
Hugh Latimer
Author: Robert Demaus
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Category : Bishops
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Publisher:
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Category : Bishops
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
Author: Hugh Binning
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning" by Hugh Binning. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning" by Hugh Binning. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Parker Society...: Works of Hugh Latimer, bp of Worcester
Author: Parker Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Publisher:
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Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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The Sermons and Life of ... Hugh Latimer, Some Time Bishop of Worcester
Author: Hugh Latimer
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Category : Sermons, English
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Publisher:
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Category : Sermons, English
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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