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Must There Be Scapegoats?: Violence and Redemption in the Bible

by Raymund Schwager, Schwager · 1987

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By applying Rene Girard's scapegoat theory to biblical texts, Schwager offers a revolutionary paradigm of biblical theory.

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medium · 260 pages

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