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ISBN/UID: 9780415161978
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 04 September 1997
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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos...
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184 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780415161978
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 04 September 1997
Description
Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos...