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- Title
Religion, Animals, and Desire in Eden: A Visual Critical Reconsideration of the Naḥash.
- Authors
Crane, Jonathan K.
- Abstract
This paper explores the narrative contribution of visual images of nonhuman animals, particularly their contribution to the biblical themes of desire and relation, by considering the exemplum of the Naḥash, commonly known as a serpent or snake. The Biblical textual depiction of this creature indicates that it is not different in kind from humans but only different by degree. Later artists expand upon these possibilities in creative and provocative ways. By using a visual critical approach, the paper reviews the Garden of Eden story, and then examines an array of images that expand and challenge the text.
- Subjects
EDEN; DESIRE; RELIGIONS; SNAKES
- Publication
Religions, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2077-1444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rel13100923