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001 2008036207
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008 080818s2010 ctua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aBT982$b.C45 2010
082 00 $a220.6/4$222
100 1 $aCharlesworth, James H.
245 14 $aThe good and evil serpent :$bhow a universal symbol became Christianized /$cJames H. Charlesworth.
246 18 $aGood & evil serpent
260 $aNew Haven [Conn.] :$bYale University Press,$cc2010.
300 $axix, 719 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aThe Anchor Yale Bible reference library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 487-678) and indexes.
520 $aThe 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.
505 00 $tIntroduction --$tPhysiology undergirds symbology : thirty-two virtually unique characteristics of a snake --$tRealia and iconography : the symbolism of the serpent in the ancient Near East (and the religion of Israel) --$tThe perception that the serpent is a positive symbol in Greek and Roman literature --$tThe full spectrum of the meaning of serpent symbolism in the Fertile Crescent --$tSerpent symbolism in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) --$tThe symbolism of the serpent in the Gospel of John.
650 0 $aDevil$xChristianity.
650 0 $aSymbolism.
650 0 $aSnakes$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aGood and evil.
650 0 $aGood and evil$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
830 0 $aAnchor Yale Bible reference library.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008036207.html