The Scapegoat by René Girard (1989, Trade Paperback, Reprint)

Johns Hopkins University Press

0801839173

9780801839177

159111

Scapegoat

René Girard

Trade Paperback

English

Reprint

Christian Theology / Anthropology, General, Semiotics & Theory

1989

Literary Criticism, Religion, Fiction

232 Pages

9in

0.7in

5.9in

11.2 Oz

College Graduate Student

Reprint

[Girard's] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critic's arsenal., ""[Girards] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critics arsenal."", [Girard's] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critic's arsenal. --John Yoder, Religion and Literature

Chapter 1. Guillaume de Machaut and the Jews Chapter 2. Stereotypes of Persecution Chapter 3. What is a Myth? Chapter 4. Violence and Magic Chapter 5. Teotihuacan Chapter 6. Ases, Curets, and Titans Chapter 7. The Crime of the Gods Chapter 8. The Science of Myths Chapter 9. The Key Words of the Gospel Passion Chapter 10. That Only One Man Should Die Chapter 11. The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Chapter 12. Peter's Denial Chapter 13. The Demons of Gerasa Chapter 14. Satan Divided Against Himself Chapter 15. History and the Paraclete Index

1986

Scholarly & Professional

86-002699

261.8/3315

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