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The good and evil serpent by James H. Charlesworth · Booklabria

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The good and evil serpent

ChristianityGood and evil

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First published: 2008
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

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

Subjects: Christianity
Good and evil
Religious aspects
Devil
Symbolism
Bibel

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