Flesh becomes word : a lexicography of the scapegoat or, the history of an idea /

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Though its coinage can be traced back to a sixteenth-century translation of Leviticus, the term "scapegoat" has enjoyed a long and varied history of both scholarly and everyday uses. While William Tyndale employed it to describe one of two goats chosen by lot to escape the Day of Atonement...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dawson, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
Temas:
Scapegoat (The English word)
English language > Etymology.
English language > Religious aspects.
Scapegoat in literature.
Anglais (Langue) > Étymologie.
Bouc émissaire dans la littérature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language > Etymology
English language > Religious aspects
Scapegoat in literature
Syndabockar i litteraturen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rites of Riddance and Substitution
  • Ancient Types and Soteriologies
  • The Sulfurous and Sublime
  • Economies of Blood
  • The Damnation of Christ's Soul
  • Anthropologies of the Scapegoat
  • The Goat and the Idol
  • A Figure in Flux
  • Early Modern Texts of Persecution
  • A Latent History of the Modern World
  • Conclusion : The Plowbeam and the Loom
  • Appendix : Katharma and Peripsēma Testimonia.

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