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 : Gary A. Anderson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664226992
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Gary Greenberg
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402230052
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 Myths of the Bible written by Gary Greenberg and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his startling book, Gary Greenberg exposes the reality behind the greatest story ever told. Learn about the Egyptian myths and ancient folklore that survive in one of history's most sacred texts, and discover how: -King David's bodyguard, not David, killed Goliath -Noah's Ark did not land on Mount Ararat -Samson did not pull down a Philistine temple -There are at least two versions of the Ten Commandments -The walls of Jericho were destroyed 300 years before Joshua arrived there -Sodom and Gomorrah were mythical cities that never existed -The story of Esther had nothing to do with the Jews of Persia -And much, much more 101 Myths of the Bible provides a new dimension of biblical studies for believers, historians and anyone who has ever wondered about the facts behind the legends. By looking deeper into history, Greenberg shows that the true story makes the Bible more interesting than ever imagined!

Author : Jeremy Narby
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101494352
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cosmic Serpent written by Jeremy Narby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-04-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.