The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized by James H. Charlesworth

The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

James H. Charlesworth

719 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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A pathbreaking study of the serpent's symbolic meanings from 40,000 BCE to the present day 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 ...

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