TY - BOOK ID - 18560677 TI - Animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism and Christianity, 100 BC - AD 200. PY - 2008 SN - 9780199218547 9780199639359 0199639353 0199218544 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Animal sacrifice KW - Animals KW - Sacrifice KW - History. KW - Religious aspects. KW - 292.34 KW - Burnt offering KW - Worship KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Religion Classical Greek and Roman Offerings, sacrifices, penances KW - Judaism. KW - Christianity. KW - Sacrifice d'animaux KW - Animaux KW - Judaism KW - History of doctrines KW - Christianity KW - Histoire KW - Judaïsme KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - Christianisme KW - Aspect religieux KW - Judaisme KW - Greece KW - Grèce KW - Religion. KW - Religion KW - Sacrifice - History KW - Animal sacrifice - History KW - Animals - Religious aspects KW - Animal sacrifice - Greece KW - Sacrifice - Judaism KW - Sacrifice - Christianity KW - Sacrifice - Greece KW - Animal KW - Histoire des religions KW - Grèce ancienne KW - Judaïsme KW - Christianisme primitif KW - Ier s. av JC-IIe s. -- 100 av JC-200 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18560677 AB - In this study of the ritual of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion, Judaism, and Christianity in the period between 100 BC and AD 200, Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70). Contrary to other studies in this area, she demonstrates that the process by which Christianity finally separated its own cultic 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 the eastern Mediterranean at this time, Christians should ultimately have rejected it. ER -