Girard found scapegoat mechanism in biblical texts; what was the categorically reorientation position?
Divinity on the side of victim
Victim on the side of the community
Divinity on the side of persecuting community
None of the above
Answer
Girard found the scapegoat mechanism in biblical texts, such as the Book of Leviticus, and believed that the Bible was "the first to propose the categorically reorientation of the mechanism, putting divinity on the side of the victim."
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