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

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

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Main Author: Charlesworth, James H. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New Haven : [Yale University Press], c2010.

Series: Anchor Yale Bible reference library.

Subjects:

Devil > Christianity.
Symbolism.
Snakes > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Good and evil > Religious aspects > Christianity.

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Call Number: BT982 .C43 2010

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505 0 |a •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  
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