Beschreibung
The main thrust of the contributions in this volume run counter to the
notion of a universally applicable theory of sacrifice, and rather aimed
at investigating transformations in sacrificial practices from
cross-cultural and transhistorical perspectives. Exploring a broad
spectrum of texts, case studies and social practices from Greco-Roman
antiquity as well as the Ancient Near East and Egypt to the modern Middle
East, the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia diverging cultural perceptions
and definitions of the topic “sacrifice” are examined and thereby new
insights into the processes of modification and transformation of
sacrificial rituals are gained.
Eftychia Stavrianopoulou is Adjunct Professor of Ancient History at the
University of Heidelberg and research fellow of the Collaborative Research
Centre “Ritual Dynamics” (SFB 619).
Axel Michaels is Professor of Classical Indology at the South Asia
Institute of the University of Heidelberg and spokesman of the
Collaborative Research Centre “Ritual Dynamics” (SFB 619).
Claus Ambos is Assyriologist at the Department of Languages and Cultures
of the Near East of the University of Heidelberg and research fellow of
the Collaborative Research Centre “Ritual Dynamics” (SFB 619).
