The Dendrites in Pre-Christian and Christian Historical-literary Tradition and IconographyTranslation of a work originally published in Greek in 1986. |
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Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 15 |
CHAPTER TWO TREES AND DENDRITES IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD | 55 |
B The Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil Arbor | 62 |
The iconographical symbolism of the treecross arbor | 76 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 95 |
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Religious Conversion and Identity: The Semiotic Analysis of Texts Massimo Leone No preview available - 2003 |