Violent origins

The outer archives are busy

by Walter Burkert, René Girard, Jonathan Z. Smith

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In current usage, the word scapegoat has three frequently confused meanings that should be carefully distinguished: a biblical meaning, an anthropological meaning, and a psychosocial meaning.

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