A Dangerous Parting: The Beheading of John the Baptist in Early Christian Memory

Execution by beheading is a highly symbolic act. The grisly image of the severed head evokes a particular social and cultural location, functioning as a channel of figurative discourse specific to a place and time—dissuading nonideal behavior as well as expressing and reinforcing group boundary dema...

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1. Verfasser:	Nathan L. Shedd
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	RELIGION
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