Search for dissertations about: "human sacrifice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words human sacrifice.

  2. 1. Sacrifice and Symbol : Biblical Shelamim in a Ritual Perspective

    Author : Martin Modéus; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; slmm; Blood; Legitimacy of ritual; Centralization of cult; Glossation; Todah; Neder; Nedabah; Milluim; Zebah; Zebah shelamim; Shelamim; Sacrifice; marking and defining symbols; Legitimizing; Interpretation of ritual; focusing and defining; Causa; Ugarit; the Jerusalem temple; Bible; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : For the sacrifice shelamim in the Hebrew Bible, scholars have suggested a number of different interpretations and uses. This sacrifice also had an ambiguous role in Israelite culture. READ MORE

  4. 2. The efficacy of sacrifice : correspondences in the Ŗgvedic Brāhmaņas

    Author : Clemens Cavallin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Sacrifice; Veda; brahmana; efficacy; ritual; ontology; metaphysics; breath; correspondence; nominal sentence; identification;

    Abstract : Sacrifice is a major topic in the study of religious rituals, and one of the issues debated is its possible efficacy. In this study, the need for multiple approaches is acknowledged, but the focus is on the world-view in which a sacrificial practice is embedded, and more specifically on the basic ontological questions that are of importance for it. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Legacy of the Jaguar Prophet : An Exploration of Yucatec Maya Religion and Historiography

    Author : Bodil Liljefors Persson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Ballgame; Sacrifice; Mythology; Rituals; Books of Chilam Balam; Historiography; History; Prophecy; Maya; Religion; Teologi;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with Maya religion and history. The Books of Chilam Balam is the collective title of a body of texts ascribed to the Jaguar Prophet. READ MORE

  6. 4. Inflammatory mediators and immunocompetent cells in the middle ear with particular regards to otitis media and tympanosclerosis

    Author : Marie Forséni Flodin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : immunohistochemistry; inflammation; human middle ear; myringosclerosis; otitis media; rat; tympanosclerosis;

    Abstract : Tympanosclerosis is a well known sequela after acute and chronic otitis media. The pathologically calcified plaques are most commonly found in the tympanic membrane and if located only at this site, it is termed myringosclerosis. READ MORE

  7. 5. Weighing Animal Lives : A Critical Assessment of Justification and Prioritization in Animal-Rights Theories

    Author : Fredrik Karlsson; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Frans W. A. Brom; Per Sundman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Animal rights; justification; prioritization; applied ethics; proper function; justice; rights language; vivisection; rights conflict; Ethics; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The project underlying this dissertation aims at analyzing three pro-animal-rights theories, evaluating the theories, and outlining an alternative theoretical account of animal rights. The analytical categories are justification and function of animal rights, the definition of the right holder, and the resolution approach to rights conflict. READ MORE