Islam is the only biblical religion that still practices animal
sacrifice. Indeed, every year more than a million animals are
shipped to Mecca from all over the world to be slaughtered during
the Muslim Hajj. This multi-disciplinary volume is the first to
examine the physical foundations of this practice and the
significance of the ritual. Brannon Wheeler uses both textual
analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight
into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick
description' of the elaborate camel sacrifice performed by
Muhammad, which serves as the model for future Hajj sacrifices.
Wheeler integrates biblical and classical Arabic sources with
evidence from zooarchaeology and the rock art of ancient Arabia to
gain insight into an event that reportedly occurred 1400 years ago.
His book encourages a more nuanced and expansive conception of
"sacrifice" in the history of religion.
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