Thicker Than Water : The Origins of Blood As Symbol and Ritual [First Edition] 9781135342005, 9780415935296

Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns-

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Thicker Than Water : The Origins of Blood As Symbol and Ritual [First Edition]
9781135342005, 9780415935296

Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns-

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Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely moving” journey of h

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“I thought my life began in Chicago. I was mistaken. That is where my body first made its appearance, but the contours o

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This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual.

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The emergence of symbolic culture is generally linked with the development of the hunger-gatherer adaptation based on a

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Blood contains extraordinary symbolic power in both Judaism and Christianity—as the blood of sacrifice, of Jesus, of the

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This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual.

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Symbol and psyche are twin concepts in contemporary symbological studies, where the symbol is considered to be a "s

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