Sea lions, sacrifice, and ritual : The symbolism of Moche Island imagery

The Mochica, or Moche (c. 100-800 AD) culture, flourished along the northern Peruvian coast. The Moche did not have a formal written language; as such, contemporary scholars base their analysis on Moche iconography and archaeological burial remains. Especially renown for their ceramic artistry, Moche vessels exhibit a wide range of subject matter, including animal and enigmatic figural representations that evoke terrestrial, marine and possibly, spiritual realms. While research has focused on political organization and the interrelationship between sacrifice and warfare, many marine themes have not been fully explored in the discourse. An exploration of sea lion imagery and sacrifice themes suggests that the marine mammals were ritually hunted. A careful iconographic analysis of island scenes demonstrates ritual and gender affiliations held by the Moche about sea lions. In a multi-disciplinary approach, scientific, archaeological and ethnographic resources substantiate this claim.

Sacrifice of Isaac

Pieter Lastman; 1 ft. 3 55/64 in.x 1 ft. 13/32 in.; oil on panel

A treatise conteyning the true catholike and apostolike faith of the holy sacrifice and sacrament ordeyned by Christ at his last Supper : vvith a declaration of the Berengarian heresie renewed in our age: and an answere to certain sermons made by M. Robert Bruce minister of Edinburgh concerning this matter /

STC (2nd ed.),

Women of the war; their heroism and self-sacrifice.

Added t.-p. engraved with portrait.

The Vicarious sacrifice : grounded in principles of universal obligation /

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Different conceptions of priesthood and sacrifice; a report of a conference held at Oxford, December 13 and 14, 1899.

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Book of rituals for the use of subordinate councils of the Friends of temperance.

At head of title: Faith, temperance, charity.

Two dissertations on sacrifices : the first on all the sacrifices of the Jews, with remarks on some of those of the heathens ; the second on the sacrifice of Christ, in both which the general doctrine of the Christian church on these subjects is defended against the Socinians /

Includes indexes.

Two dissertations on sacrifices : the first, On all the sacrifices of the Jews ... ; the second, On the sacrifice of Christ ...

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The divine rule of faith and practice, or, A defence of the catholic doctrine that Holy Scripture has been since the times of the apostles the sole divine rule of faith and practice to the church : against the dangerous errors of the authors of the Tracts for the times, and the Romanists, as, particularly, that the rule of faith is "made up of Scripture and tradition together;" &c. In which also the doctrines of the apostolic succession, the eucharistic sacrifice, &c. are fully discussed /

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A treatise on the origin of expiatory sacrifice.

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Discourses and dissertations on the scriptural doctrines of atonement and sacrifice : and on the principal arguments advanced, and the mode of reasoning employed, by the opponents of those doctrines, as held by the established church : with an appendix, containing some strictures on Mr. Belsham's account of the Unitarian scheme, in his review of Mr. Wilberforce's treatise, together with remarks on the version of the New Testament lately published by the Unitarians /

Mode of access: Internet.

Discourses and dissertations on the scriptural doctrines of atonement and sacrifice: and on the principal arguments advanced, and the mode of reasoning employed, by the opponents of those doctrines as held by the established church. With an appendix containing some strictures on Mr. Belsham's account of the Unitarian scheme, in his review of Mr. Wilberforce's treatise; together with remarks on the version of the New Testament, lately published by the Unitarians.

Mode of access: Internet.

Four discourses on the sacrifice and priesthood of Jesus Christ : and on atonement and redemption /

Includes index.