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Human Sacrifice

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Author(s): Wißmann, Hans | Day, John | Knöppler, Thomas
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament I. Religious Studies In many cultures, human beings have been ritually killed with religious intent. Human sacrifice is a particular kind of sacrifice, differing from other types only in the special nature of the victim; therefore any theory about human sacrifice must appear in the context of one of the many theories about the nature, purpose and meaning of sacrifice in general. In many cases, the sacrifice was followed by ritual …