Topic: 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Religious sacrifices across various cultures and contexts sparked widespread interest in Early Modern Europe. As Christianity expanded into regions inhabited by "infidels" and "pagans", Europeans encountered a diverse array of sacrificial customs, ranging from the Sati rituals in India to the Aztec sacrifices in the Americas. This cross-cultural exposure captivated a wide audience, including theologians, philosophers, political thinkers, antiquarians, orientalists, missionaries, poets, artists, and even the general public. These encounters broadened the European understanding of sacrifice and led to a critical reassessment of classical and biblical sacrificial rites. This section includes:
- Sources: A selection of early modern printed materials, which include descriptions of the Americas, Asia, and Africa, alongside antiquarian and philological studies on religious sacrifice in classical antiquity and beyond. It also presents early modern works of ethnological observations and the first attempts to compare different sacrificial practices in various traditions and contexts, laying the groundwork for disciplines like the history of religions and anthropology.
- Iconographic Representations: A rich collection of images from the 16th to 18th centuries, illustrating a range of sacrificial rituals and practices as seen in different cultural and geographical contexts.
- Related Bibliography: An extensive bibliography spanning scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, providing contemporary analyses and interpretations of these early studies and observations.
Fathers and sons, sacrifice and substitution: mimetic theory and Islam in Genesis 22 and Sura 37
in: Mimetic theory and Islam: “the wound where light enters”, pp. 65-85
Cham: Springer, 2019.
Un texte grec relatif à l’Ashvamedha
in: Extract de “Journal Asiatique”, v. (1930), issue : pp..
The Scapegoat Tradition: A Study in Early Jewish Interpretation
in: Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period, v. 18 (1987), issue 2: pp.152-167.
Jagdbeute und Schlachttier in islamischen Recht
Bonn: Selbstverlag des Orientalischen Seminars, 1959.
A Satirist's Sacrifices : Lucian's On Sacrifices and the Contestation of Religious Traditions
in: Ancient mediterranean sacrifice, pp. 203-213
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Letters on India
London-Edinburgh: Longman-Constable, 1814.
Note sur le sacrifice chez les Arabes musulmans
in: Le sacrifice II, Systèmes de pensée en Afrique noire, pp. 87-114
: , 1978.
Aztec Human Sacrifice as Expiation
in: History of Religions, v. 39 (2000), issue 4: pp.352-271.
Racine: From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity
Minneapolis - London: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Remarques sur le mecanisme du sacrifice dogon
in: Journal de la Societe des Africanistes, v. 10 (1940), issue : pp.176-208.
Differenza e antitesi tra sacrificio spirituale e sacrificio rituale : modernità, irrilevanza del rito e incomprensione della libertà
in: Il sacrificio : evento e rito, pp. 203-243
Padova: Messaggero, 1998.
Sacrifice, sacré et fête aux premiers temps de l’Islam
in: Africa (Tunis), v. 13 (1995), issue : pp.135-153.
Ideologie del sacrificio umano. Roma e Cartagine
in: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, v. 41 (1999), issue 1: pp.41-60.
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Cosmogonia e sacrificio. I problemi delle cosmogonie rituali nel Rg Veda e nel Vicino Oriente antico
in: Studi storico-religiosi, v. 4 (1980), issue 2: pp.207-235.
Do ut des?
in: Scienze dell'Antichità. Storia Archeologia Antropologia, v. 3 (1989-1990), issue 4: pp.45-54.
Aspetto del sacrificio nel mondo greco e nella Bibbia ebraica
in: Sacrificio e Società nel mondo antico, pp. 123-162
Roma - Bari: Laterza, 1988.
La carne e i suoi riti. Problemi del sacrificio fra antichità classica e mondo biblico
in: Storia dell'alimentazione, pp. 83-96
Roma - Bari: Laterza, 1997.
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Aspetti del sacrificio nel mondo greco e nella Bibbia ebraica
in: Sacrificio e società nel mondo antico, pp. 123-162
Roma - Bari: Laterza , 1988.