Bibliograph

The good and evil serpent, how a universal symbol became Christianized, James H. Charlesworth

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The good and evil serpent, how a universal symbol became Christianized, James H. Charlesworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-678) and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The good and evil serpent

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

223872424

Responsibility statement

James H. Charlesworth

Series statement

The Anchor Yale Bible reference library

Sub title

how a universal symbol became Christianized

Summary

The serpent of ancient times was more often associated with positive attributes like healing and eternal life than it was with negative meanings. This groundbreaking book explores in plentiful detail the symbol of the serpent from 40,000 BCE to the present, and from diverse regions in the world. In doing so it emphasizes the creativity of the biblical authors' use of symbols and argues that we must today reexamine our own archetypal conceptions with comparable creativity.--From publisher description

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Good & evil serpent

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