Berkeley, Etc.: University of California Press, Date: 1983. Translated by Peter Bing. xxv, 334p., b/w illus., dj. 1983. University of California Press ISBN 0520036506 US

University of California Press. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1983. Hardcover. 0520036506 . Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Dustjacket has a couple of large tears with chipping. ; Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is posed in Walter Burkert's famous study. ; 360 pages . 1983. University of California Press ISBN 0520036506 9780520036505 [CA]

University of California Press 1983 Hardcover Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket 0520036506. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Dustjacket has a couple of large tears with chipping.; Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is posed in Walter Burkert's famous study.; 360 pages.