The Fruit The Tree And The Serpent

Author : Lynne A. Isbell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674033019
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent written by Lynne A. Isbell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to them—but why, when few of us have firsthand experience? The answer, Isbell suggests, lies in snakes’ singular impact on primate evolution; predation pressure from snakes is ultimately responsible for the superior vision and large brains of primates.

Author : Lynne A. Isbell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674054040
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent written by Lynne A. Isbell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the temptation of Eve to the venomous murder of the mighty Thor, the serpent appears throughout time and cultures as a figure of mischief and misery. The worldwide prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to the serpent—but why, when so few of us have firsthand experience? The surprising answer, this book suggests, lies in the singular impact of snakes on primate evolution. Predation pressure from snakes, Lynne Isbell tells us, is ultimately responsible for the superior vision and large brains of primates—and for a critical aspect of human evolution. Drawing on extensive research, Isbell further speculates how snakes could have influenced the development of a distinctively human behavior: our ability to point for the purpose of directing attention. A social activity (no one points when alone) dependent on fast and accurate localization, pointing would have reduced deadly snake bites among our hominin ancestors. It might have also figured in later human behavior: snakes, this book eloquently argues, may well have given bipedal hominins, already equipped with a non-human primate communication system, the evolutionary nudge to point to communicate for social good, a critical step toward the evolution of language, and all that followed.

Author : Caryl Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consecrated Venom written by Caryl Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the nature of human awareness as represented in the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac, and humanity’s covenant with God.

Author : Prof.M.M. Ninan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359081525
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Trees and the Serpent written by Prof.M.M. Ninan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book we are dealing essentially with the presence of the serpent in the Garden of Eden which God made on the earth and placed the newly created Adam and Eve with two strange trees with just one command to the new born babes not to eat from one of these trees. For some strange reason the serpent who was one of the residents got involved and starts of the process of the freedom of choice for the kids in their process of individuation and finding themselves. The children of God grew up under discipline to become part of God in all His creative activities.

Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310294142
Total Pages : 6637 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Bible (NIV) written by Various Authors, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 6637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Author : John Milton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Lost written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1711 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Seanan McGuire
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756416868
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be the Serpent written by Seanan McGuire and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trying to enjoy married life, October Daye discovers that an old friend and ally is really an enemy in disguise and must battle for her life and community"--

Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226453820
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Serpent's Gift written by Jeffrey J. Kripal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.” With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent has shouldered the blame ever since. But how would the study of religion change if we looked at the Fall from the snake’s point of view? Would he appear as a bringer of wisdom, more generous than the God who wishes to keep his creation ignorant? Inspired by the early Gnostics who took that startling view, Jeffrey J. Kripal uses the serpent as a starting point for a groundbreaking reconsideration of religious studies and its methods. In a series of related essays, he moves beyond both rational and faith-based approaches to religion, exploring the erotics of the gospels and the sexualities of Jesus, John, and Mary Magdalene. He considers Feuerbach’s Gnosticism, the untapped mystical potential of comparative religion, and even the modern mythology of the X-Men. Ultimately, The Serpent’s Gift is a provocative call for a complete reorientation of religious studies, aimed at a larger understanding of the world, the self, and the divine.

Author : Ellen Gould Harmon White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Prophecy written by Ellen Gould Harmon White and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary A. Anderson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664226992
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Download or read book The Genesis of Perfection written by Gary A. Anderson and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A careful examination of the earliest biblical interpretations of Genesis considers such topics as human destiny, the Creation, sexuality, sin, and forgiveness, from the perspectives of both Judaism and Christianity.