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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins: Laughter in the History of Religion
by Gilhus, Ingvild Saelid
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0415161975
- ISBN 13
- 9780415161978
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Routledge, 1997. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 173pp. Very nice jacket now in a new mylar cover. 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, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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- Title
- Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins: Laughter in the History of Religion
- Author
- Gilhus, Ingvild Saelid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0415161975
- ISBN 13
- 9780415161978
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London And New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
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