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The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became Christianized
- Title
- The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became Christianized / James H. Charlesworth.
- Author
- Charlesworth, James H.
- Publication
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Gift in memory of Payne Whitney.
- Description
- xix, 719 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
- Uniform Title
- Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
- Alternative Title
- Good & evil serpent
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-678) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Physiology undergirds symbology : thirty-two virtually unique characteristics of a snake -- Realia and iconography : the symbolism of the serpent in the ancient Near East (and the religion of Israel) -- The perception that the serpent is a positive symbol in Greek and Roman literature -- The full spectrum of the meaning of serpent symbolism in the Fertile Crescent -- Serpent symbolism in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) -- The symbolism of the serpent in the Gospel of John.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-4241
- ISBN
- 9780300140828 (alk. paper)
- 0300140827 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008036207
- OCLC
- 223872424
- Author
- Charlesworth, James H.
- Title
- The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became Christianized / James H. Charlesworth.
- Imprint
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
- Series
- The Anchor Yale Bible reference libraryAnchor Yale Bible reference library.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-678) and indexes.
- Added Author
- Gift in memory of Payne Whitney.
- Spine Title
- Good & evil serpent
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-4241