The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized (Anchor Bible Reference) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized (Anchor Bible Reference) Book

In a perplexing passage from the 'Gospel of John', Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake. Attempting to understand how the Fourth Evangelist could have made such a surprising analogy, this book explores in detail the symbol of the serpent from 40,000 BCE onwards, and from diverse regions in the world.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    1 Introduction 12 Physiology Undergirds Symbology: Thirty-two Virtually Unique Characteristics of a Snake 323 Realia and Iconography: The Symbolism of the Serpent in the Ancient Near East (and the Religion of Israel) 584 The Perception That the...

  • 0300140827
  • 9780300140828
  • JH Charlesworth
  • 6 April 2010
  • Yale University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 744
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