Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200

• Explores the hot question of why the early Christians did not practice animal sacrifice
• A valuable contribution to the religious history of the eastern Mediterranean during the early Roman empire

Readership: Scholars and students of the early Christian Church, of ancient Greek religion, of the history of Judaism.

Maria-Zoe Petropoulou, Ancient Historian, at present working as a teacher on the International Baccalaureate Program of the Hellenic American Foundation, Athens

"Maria-Zoe Petropoulou's book encourages scholars to take seriously the experience of religious sacrifice as encountered by actual worshippers." - Cally Hammond, Times Literary Supplement

"Petropoulou's book is an important contribution to the study of late Hellenistic and early Roman religion, most notably for its demonstration of the continued importance of animal sacrifice in the early imperial period, and its elucidation of early Christian responses to this phenomenon, particularly in the second century." - Paul Dilley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

1: Approaching the Issue of Sacrifice
2: Greek Animal Sacrifice in the Period 100 BC to AD 200
3: From Greek Religion to Judaism: A Bridge
4: Jewish Animal Sacrifice in the Period 100 BC to AD 200
5: A Bridge Linking Greek Religion and Judaism to Christianity
6: Christians and Animal Sacrifice in the Period up to AD 200
Conclusions