The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized by Charlesworth, James H.

The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

A pathbreaking study of the serpent's symbolic meanings from 40,000 BCE to the present day In a...
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The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized by Charlesworth, James H.

The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

¥18,635

The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized

¥18,635
Author: James H. Charlesworth
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A pathbreaking study of the serpent's symbolic meanings from 40,000 BCE to the present day

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, James H. Charlesworth has spent nearly a decade combing through the vast array of references to serpents in the ancient world--from the Bible and other religious texts to ancient statuary and jewelry. Charlesworth has arrived at a surprising conclusion: not only was the serpent a widespread symbol throughout the world, but its meanings were both subtle and varied. In fact, 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.



Author: James H. Charlesworth
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/23/2010
Pages: 744
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.59lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.14w x 1.81d
ISBN: 9780300140828


Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 43
Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 68
Choice 07/01/2010

About the Author

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.




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