The good and evil serpent : how a universal symbol became christianized /
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Language: English
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New Haven :
[Yale University Press],
c2010.
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Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
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Call Number: BT982 .C43 2010
Table of 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