Download or read book The Christian Rejection of Animal Sacrifice written by Daniel C. Ullucci and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacrifice dominated the religious landscape of the ancient Mediterranean world for millennia, but its role and meaning changed dramatically with the rise of Christianity. Ullucci explores this transformation, in the process demonstrating the complexity of the concept of sacrifice in Roman, Greek, and Jewish religion.