In Bsm. there is no division of life into the dualism of sacred and profane, or of good and evil. (See Evil.) Veneration is shown for holiness of life, especially for the basic virtue of...

Do not give that which is sacred to dogs....

SACRED TIME. Pichugi having just given birth, Chachugi prepared his bow for the hunt. Like all Guayaki men, Chachugi was a hunter, but that was not why he headed into the forest on this cold morning in 1963. As father of the child, he had to go hunting...

SACRED SPACE. A sacred place is first of all a defined place, a space distinguished from other spaces. The rituals that a people either practice at a place or direct toward it mark its sacredness and differentiate it from other defined spaces. To...

Holiness, or sanctity, is the state of being holy or sacred, that is, set apart for the worship or service of God or gods. It could also mean being set apart to pursue (or to already have achieved) a sacred state or goal, such as Nirvana. It is often...

Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. Edited by Barry M. Gittlen. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2002, 228 pp., $29.50. The essays in this volume (12 essays by ten authors) were originally given as papers and responses at the ASOR program...

BARRY M. GITTLEN (ed.), Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002). Pp. xii + 228. $29.50. This volume is an outcome of an ASOR program unit entitled "Archaeology and the Religion of Israel," held at...