Hello We would like to introduce a new book published by Magnes press: La fin du sacrifice Les mutations religieuses de l'antiquite tardive (Religious Transformations in Late Antiquity) By Guy G. Stroumsa <http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Guy+G.+Stroumsa.aspx?name=Guy+G.+Stroumsa> Translation: Moshe Bleedstein <http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Moshe+Bleedstein.aspx?name=Moshe+Bleedstein> The religious transformations that marked late antiquity represent an enigma that has challenged some of the West’s greatest thinkers. But the oppositions between paganism and Christianity that characterize prevailing theories have endured for too long. Instead of describing this epochal change as an evolution within the Greco-Roman world from polytheism to monotheism, he argues that the cause for this shift can be found not so much around the Mediterranean as in the Near East. The End of Sacrifice points to the role of Judaism, particularly its inventions of new religious life following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. . The end of animal sacrifice gave rise to new forms of worship, with a concern for personal salvation, for scriptural study, for rituals like praying and fasting, and with the rise of religious communities and monasticism. It is what Christianity learned from Judaism about texts, death, and, above all, sacrifice that allowed it to supersede Greco-Roman religions and transform religion itself. For sample pages in PDF form press here <http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getdoc.aspx/0L3GsEJ5S/preview/preview.pdf?> For more info please press here <http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/la+fin+du+sacrifice.aspx?name=la+fin+du+sacrifice&code=45-321086&docNo=1&qid=1> Price: $ 23.70 / 71.10 ₪ eBook: $ 19.75 regards, Celestina Levant Sales and Marketing abroad Magnes Press [email protected] www.magnes-press.com Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370
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