Good and Evil Serpent - How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

Informationen zum Autor James H. Charlesworth is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature! and director and editor of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project! Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author or editor of more than sixty books and six hundred articles. He lives in Princeton! NJ. Klappentext In a perplexing passage from the "Gospel of John"! Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake. Attempting to understand how the Fourth Evangelist could have made such a surprising analogy! this book explores in detail the symbol of the serpent from 40!000 BCE onwards! and from diverse regions in the world. Zusammenfassung In a perplexing passage from the "Gospel of John"! Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake. Attempting to understand how the Fourth Evangelist could have made such a surprising analogy! this book explores in detail the symbol of the serpent from 40!000 BCE onwards! and from diverse regions in the world.

Product details

• Authors: James H. Charlesworth, Charlesworth James H.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2010
• EAN: 9780300140828
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14082-8
• No. of pages: 744
• Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library; Anchor Yale Bible Reference Li; The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library; Anchor Yale Bible Reference Li; Anchor Bible Reference Library; Anchor Bible Reference Library (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis