David Dawson teaches at the University of Costa Rica in San José. He wrote Flesh Becomes Word while a Visiting Scholar at Stanford’s Department of French and Italian.

When he wrote, Girard didn't have at his disposal the necessary data to fully ground his hypothesis. David Dawson has done the hard work. The result is stunning. Never has a philological work been so essential for anthropological research. Reading this book has sent chills down my spine in the same way as when I discovered Girard's masterpieces some thirty years ago.--Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Professor of Social Philosophy, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

• Contents Preface Chapter 1. Rites of Riddance and Substitution Chapter 2. Ancient Types and Soteriologies Chapter 3. The Sulfurous and Sublime Chapter 4. Economies of Blood Chapter 5. The Damnation of Christ’s Soul Chapter 6. Anthropologies of the Scapegoat Chapter 7. The Goat and the Idol Chapter 8. A Figure in Flux Chapter 9. Early Modern Texts of Persecution Chapter 10. A Latent History of the Modern World Conclusion. The Plowbeam and the Loom Appendix. Katharma and Peripsēma Testimonia Notes Bibliography

David Dawson teaches at the University of Costa Rica in San José. He wrote Flesh Becomes Word while a Visiting Scholar at Stanford’s Department of French and Italian.

When he wrote, Girard didn't have at his disposal the necessary data to fully ground his hypothesis. David Dawson has done the hard work. The result is stunning. Never has a philological work been so essential for anthropological research. Reading this book has sent chills down my spine in the same way as when I discovered Girard's masterpieces some thirty years ago.--Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Professor of Social Philosophy, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

• Contents Preface Chapter 1. Rites of Riddance and Substitution Chapter 2. Ancient Types and Soteriologies Chapter 3. The Sulfurous and Sublime Chapter 4. Economies of Blood Chapter 5. The Damnation of Christ’s Soul Chapter 6. Anthropologies of the Scapegoat Chapter 7. The Goat and the Idol Chapter 8. A Figure in Flux Chapter 9. Early Modern Texts of Persecution Chapter 10. A Latent History of the Modern World Conclusion. The Plowbeam and the Loom Appendix. Katharma and Peripsēma Testimonia Notes Bibliography