The scapegoat / René Girard ; translated by Yvonne Freccero.

By: Girard, René, 1923-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989. Edition: Johns Hopkins paperbacks edDescription: 216 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0801839173 (pbk.); 9780801839177 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Bouc émissaire. English Subject(s): Jesus Christ -- Passion | Persecution | Scapegoat | Violence -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 272 LOC classification: BT736.15 | .G5613 1986
Contents:
Guillaume de Machaut and the Jews -- Stereotypes of persecution -- What is a myth? -- Violence and magic -- Teotihuacan -- Ases, Curetes, and Titans -- The crimes of the gods -- The science of myths -- The key words of the Gospel Passion -- That only one man should die -- The beheading of Saint John the Baptist -- Peter's denial -- The demons of Gerasa -- Satan divided against himself -- History and the Paraclete.
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Translation of: Le bouc émissaire.

Includes bibliographical references.

Guillaume de Machaut and the Jews -- Stereotypes of persecution -- What is a myth? -- Violence and magic -- Teotihuacan -- Ases, Curetes, and Titans -- The crimes of the gods -- The science of myths -- The key words of the Gospel Passion -- That only one man should die -- The beheading of Saint John the Baptist -- Peter's denial -- The demons of Gerasa -- Satan divided against himself -- History and the Paraclete.

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