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E. O. James.
Sacrifice and Sacrament.
Published London: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 145×221×31mm.
Page count: 319pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some wear on its dustjacket, a bit chipped and frayed on the edges and corners; page tops a little dusty; previous owner’s name on the title page, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 680g.

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No medieval emphasis: studies the use and significance of sacrifice in various religions throughout the world and at different times in history, so includes plenty of material on Judaism and Christianity.

Contents: Institutional sacrifice & the sacramental principle; Priesthood & sacrifice — Ancient Egypt — Vedic India — Judaism — Christianity; Blood-offering; Human sacrifice — America — Fertile Crescent — Greece — Rome — India; Expiation & atonement — sin & expiation — expiatory suffering — Christian conception; Vegetation offerings & libations; Mortuary sacrificial ritual — cult of the dead — Mesopotamia — Palestine — Greece — Rome — Christianity; Eucharistic sacrifice — development of liturgy; Sacramental principle — sacramental regeneration — baptism — penance — marriage — holy orders — last rites.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes

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