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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!j5j
  2. Organization: Penn State University
  3. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:06:21 EST
  4. From: John A. Johnson <J5J@psuvm.psu.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <93021.190621J5J@psuvm.psu.edu>
  6. Newsgroups: alt.mythology
  7. Subject: Re: Origins of Christian Symbolism
  8. References: <dumic-190193145151@apamea.swarthmore.edu>
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  11. In article <dumic-190193145151@apamea.swarthmore.edu>, dumic@cc.swarthmore.edu
  12. (Mark J. Dumic) says:
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  14. >Can anyone recommend a good book on the origins of Christian symbolism?
  15. >One the discusses the roots of this symbolism in the previously existing
  16. >religious traditions: Greek, Egyptian, etc.
  17. >
  18. _Myth and Ritual in Christianity_ by Alan Watts is an interesting read.
  19.