Hobbes: Unhuman Collection (Books I-IV)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Round Table, Altar, Billiard Table, Table, Analogion, Optical Table, Workbench, Credence Table, Coffee Table, Picnic Table, Kotatsu, Trestle Table, Refectory Table, Writing Table, Tv Tray Table, Parsons Table, Chess Table, Poker Table, Wine Table, Chabudai, Korsi, Round Table, An, High Table, Gateleg Table, Drop-Leaf Table, Desk Pad, Eglantine Table, Games Table, Sea Dog Table, Changing Table, End Table. Excerpt: An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices and votive offerings are made for religious purposes , or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place. Altars are usually found at shrines , and they can be located in temples , churches and other places of worship. Today they are used particularly in the religions of Buddhism , Hinduism , Shinto , Taoism , as well as Christianity , LaVeyan Satanism , Thelema , Neopaganism , and in Ceremonial magic . Many historical faiths also made use of them, including Greek and Norse religion.In the Hebrew Bible Main article: Altar (Judaism) Horned altar at Tel Be'er Sheva , Israel .Altars (Hebrew : , mizbe'ah , "a place of slaughter or sacrifice") in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth (Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8.) The first altar recorded in the Hebrew Bible is that erected by Noah (Genesis 8:20). Altars were erected by Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Genesis 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1-3), and by Moses (Exodus 17:15, Adonai-nissi ).After the theophany on Mount Sinai , in the Tabernacle and afterwards in the Temple only two altars were used: the Altar of Burnt Offering, and the Altar of Incense.Christianity Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere , as arranged in 17...