Burnt offering (disambiguation)

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Burnt offering or holocaust is a Hellenic form of animal sacrifice in which the entire animal is completely consumed by fire.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holocaust (sacrifice)</span> Ritual burning of animals

A holocaust is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire. The word derives from the Ancient Greek holokaustos which is used solely for one of the major forms of sacrifice, also known as a burnt offering.

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Qurbān or uḍḥiyah as referred to in Islamic law, is a ritual animal sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.

<i>Burnt Offerings</i> (film) 1976 film by Dan Curtis

Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, and Lee H. Montgomery, with Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James in supporting roles. It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Robert Marasco. The plot follows a family who begins to interpersonally dissolve under supernatural forces in a large estate they have rented for the summer.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burnt offering (Judaism)</span> A burnt offering in the Hebrew Bible

A burnt offering in Judaism is a form of sacrifice first described in the Hebrew Bible. As a tribute to God, a burnt offering was entirely burnt on the altar. This is in contrast to other forms of sacrifice, which was partly burnt and most of it eaten in communion at a sacrificial meal.

Robert Marasco was an American horror novelist, playwright, and teacher. He is best known for his 1970 Broadway play Child's Play, and his supernatural novel Burnt Offerings (1973), which was adapted into a 1976 film of the same name.

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<i>Burnt Offerings</i> (Marasco novel) Book by Robert Marasco

Burnt Offerings is a 1973 American horror novel by Robert Marasco. Its plot follows a family who move into a summer home where each member is plagued by unusual experiences and personality changes. Published by Delacorte Press, the novel had originally been conceived as a screenplay before Marasco rewrote it into a novel. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1976. The novel was reprinted in 2015 by Valancourt Press.