Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions /

Burkert, Walter, 1931-2015.

Creation of the sacred : tracks of biology in early religions / by Walter Burkert - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c1996. - xii, 255 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally presented as Gifford lectures delivered in Feb. and Mar. 1989 at the University of St. Andrews.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.

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Religion.
Physical anthropology--Religious aspects.
Sociobiology--Religious aspects.
Human evolution--Religious aspects.

BL48 / .B79 1996

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