Subtitle Burnt Offerings -

Marasco’s Burnt Offerings is considered a cornerstone of the "haunted house" genre and a direct precursor to Stephen King’s The Shining .

: The Hebrew word olah literally means "that which goes up" (in smoke). In the Septuagint, it was translated as holokaustos , the root of the modern word "holocaust". subtitle Burnt Offerings

: In Judaism, a burnt offering was a sacrifice that was completely incinerated on the altar, symbolizing total devotion where nothing was held back for human consumption. Marasco’s Burnt Offerings is considered a cornerstone of