
Ep. 4: Dr. Gregory Thornbury: Rene Girard and the Mimetic Cycle
The Moral Imagination
The Beginning of the Nation of Israel
"The nation of Israel begins with the concept of subverting this cycle of ritualized, mimetic desire," he says. "This is not just a Christian thing. This is a Jewish thing right?" He goes on to say that Joseph and his brothers obey the commandments against idolatry but there's no idolatry.
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