{"product_id":"animal-sacrifice-and-the-death-penalty-hardcover","title":"Animal Sacrifice and the Death Penalty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiosuè Ghisalberti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slaughter of animals as a religious ritual and the execution of human beings as a judicial one was an interrelated phenomenon in the ancient world. Writings from different traditions had to be interpreted in relation to each other for the connection between two sacred rituals to be made. The history of the death penalty within the textual traditions of Judaism and ancient Greece could be traced to specific commandments beginning in Genesis and in laws specified as early as in Hesiod's Theogony--in each case, however, with far from unambiguous conclusions despite their divine origins in YHWH or Zeus. An ever-present uncertainty in the nature of the death penalty pervades the writings of the Bible from Genesis to the Gospels of Jesus, as well as in the mytho-poetic world of Hesiod, the tragedy of Aeschylus, and Socratic philosophy as represented in Plato's dialogues. Scholarship has not considered the importance of these two interrelated traditions insofar as both expose the specific characteristics of violence and killing within the institutions of religion and the law. The creation of religious rituals and the acts of the law are inseparable and essential to the authority of the politico-religious state. Animal sacrifice and the death penalty serve as the pillars of social legitimacy in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiosuè Ghisalberti teaches in the Liberal Studies Department of Humber College, Toronto. His recent scholarly work has focused on the ancient Mediterranean world. The present work on animal sacrifice and the death penalty is the continuation of an earlier work, \u003ci\u003eSoteriology and the End of Animal Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e. He is presently working on a study of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783618265376,"sku":"9781666703887","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc23584cb3744ecfd8065dda8c8acbcd.webp?v=1780591040","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/animal-sacrifice-and-the-death-penalty-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}