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 | The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library) (1st Edition) by James H. Charlesworth Hardcover, 744 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-300-14082-7 / 0300140827 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-14082-8 / 9780300140828 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 surpr | |