Not Sparing the Child

Table of Contents Introduction V. Daphna Arbel, University of British Columbia, Canada Paul C. Burns, University of British Columbia, Canada J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia, Canada Richard Menkis, University of British Columbia, Canada Dietmar Neufeld, University of British Columbia, Canada

Part I. History, Ritual, Archeology

01. Child Sacrifice as the Extreme Case and Calculation Mark Smith, New York University, USA

02. Human Sacrifice in Pre-and Early Dynastic Egypt - What Do You Want to Find? Thomas Hikade, Hikade previously at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and Jane Roy, previously at the University of British Columbia, Canada 03. God's Infanticide in the Night of Passover: Exodus 12 in the Light of Ancient Egyptian Rituals Thomas Schneider, University of British Columbia, Canada

04. A Late Punic Narrative About Disrupted Sacrifice? Hr. Medeine N 2 Philip C. Schmitz, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Part II. Textual, Cultural & Social Aspects 05. Is the Language of Child Sacrifice Used Figuratively in Ezekiel 16? Peggy Day, University of Winnipeg, Canada

06. Mocking Boys, Baldness, and Bears: Elisha's Deadly Honor (2 Kings 2:23-24) Dietmar Neufeld, University of British Columbia, Canada

07. Death and the Maiden: human sacrifice in Euripides' Andromeda C.W. Marshall, University of British Columbia, Canada

Part III. Theology & Reception 08. Child Sacrifice: A Polyvalent Story in Early Eucharistic Piety Paul C. Burns, University of British Columbia, Canada

09. Deus Necans: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia, Canada

10. Living Sacrifice: Rethinking Abrahamic Religious Sacrifice using Field Narratives of Eid ul-Adha Michel Desjardins, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and Aldea Mulhern, University of Toronto, Canada

11. John Milton's Poetics for Christ Versus Moloch Lee Johnson, University of British Columbia, Canada



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