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The Good and Evil Serpent

- How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

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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.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780300140828
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 744
  • Udgivet:
  • 23. marts 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 243x165x46 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 1194 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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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.

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