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Book SynopsisThe scapegoat becomes the Lamb of God; "the foolish genesis of blood-stained idols and the false gods of superstition, politics, and ideologiesare revealed.
Trade Review[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 [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
Table of ContentsChapter 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
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