Daniel Ullucci
Biographic Data
| ID | 5135601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Ullucci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ullucci |
| SIGNATURE | ULLUCCI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thoughts on Teaching Critical History Using the Historical Jesus
This article discusses the author’s experience of teaching historical Jesus courses at several institutions in the United States over a span of fourteen years. It outlines some observed pedagogical challenges in teaching these courses and some strategies the author has employed to address them
What Did He Say? The Ideas of Religious Experts and the 99 %
Complicating Myth
Bruce Lincoln’s recent work, Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions is a collection of previously published essays on theory and myth. The collection has great pedagogical value for introducing graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the critical study of religion. This review takes up one common refrain in the essays, the role and work of religious experts, and suggests ways in which Linc…
The Christian rejection of animal sacrifice
A Redescription of Early Christian Positions on Animal Sacrifice
This chapter shows that Christian arguments on the meaning and purpose of animal sacrifice, from Paul to Cyprian, do not form a single cohesive position. Rather, they represent different Christian thinkers taking up the issue of sacrifice for their own varied purposes. In many cases, Christian discourse on sacrifice is not part of conflicts between Christians and Romans or Christians and Jews. Instead, it is part of inter-Christian conflict. Chri…
Before Animal Sacrifice, A Myth of Innocence
Animal sacrifice was one of the most pervasive and socially significant practices of Graeco-Roman religion. Yet, numerous Greek and Latin writers tell of a golden before the advent of sacrifice and meat eating. In this idealized world, humans lived at one with the gods and animal sacrifice did not exist. Such texts are often seen as part of a wider ancient critique of Greco-Roman religion in general and animal sacrifice in particular. This interp…
Before Animal Sacrifice, A Myth of Innocence
Animal sacrifice was one of the most pervasive and socially significant practices of Graeco-Roman religion. Yet, numerous Greek and Latin writers tell of a golden before the advent of sacrifice and meat eating. In this idealized world, humans lived at one with the gods and animal sacrifice did not exist. Such texts are often seen as part of a wider ancient critique of Greco-Roman religion in general and animal sacrifice in particular. This interp…
Before Animal Sacrifice, A Myth of Innocence
Animal sacrifice was one of the most pervasive and socially significant practices of Graeco-Roman religion. Yet, numerous Greek and Latin writers tell of a golden before the advent of sacrifice and meat eating. In this idealized world, humans lived at one with the gods and animal sacrifice did not exist. Such texts are often seen as part of a wider ancient critique of Greco-Roman religion in general and animal sacrifice in particular. This interp…
A Redescription of Early Christian Positions on Animal Sacrifice
This chapter shows that Christian arguments on the meaning and purpose of animal sacrifice, from Paul to Cyprian, do not form a single cohesive position. Rather, they represent different Christian thinkers taking up the issue of sacrifice for their own varied purposes. In many cases, Christian discourse on sacrifice is not part of conflicts between Christians and Romans or Christians and Jews. Instead, it is part of inter-Christian conflict. Chri…
The Christian rejection of animal sacrifice
Complicating Myth
Bruce Lincoln’s recent work, Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions is a collection of previously published essays on theory and myth. The collection has great pedagogical value for introducing graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the critical study of religion. This review takes up one common refrain in the essays, the role and work of religious experts, and suggests ways in which Linc…
What Did He Say? The Ideas of Religious Experts and the 99 %
Thoughts on Teaching Critical History Using the Historical Jesus
This article discusses the author’s experience of teaching historical Jesus courses at several institutions in the United States over a span of fourteen years. It outlines some observed pedagogical challenges in teaching these courses and some strategies the author has employed to address them
Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Sacrifice (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)