The good and evil serpent: how a universal symbol became christianized

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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 descri…

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Full title :The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became christianized / James H. Charlesworth.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven, CT
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 719 pages : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780300140828, 0300140827
oclc:ocn642296663
LC Classification:BT982
Dewey Decimal:220.6/4

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Bible., New Testament Bien et mal -- Christianisme Bien et mal -- Dans la littérature christianisme -- serpent Démon -- Christianisme Devil-Christianity Good and evil Good and evil -- Religious aspects religious symbolism serpent -- symbole Serpents -- Aspect religieux Serpents -- Aspect religieux -- Antiqui… Serpents dans la Bible Snakes -- Religious aspects symbole Symbolism Symbolisme chrétien Symbolisme religieux