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Margo Kitts - Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Inbunden

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Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society

Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

Av Margo Kitts

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In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2005-11-07
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 480 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 258
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521855297
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Margo Kitts is lecturer at Iowa State University. A scholar of ancient Near Eastern religions, she has contributed to History of Religions, Literature and Theory, Journal of Ritual Studies, and Metis.

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“Kitts presents a detailed study of oath making in Homer's Iliad, both the ritual details and the consequences of oath breaking; in particular, she distinguishes between commensal sacrifices and those involving oaths, and she looks at instances in which deaths on the battlefield are compared to the deaths of sacrificial animals. In doing so, Kitts makes good use of comparative Near Eastern material, including Hittite, Assyrian, and biblical texts.” Choice

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