In this Universal History episode Richard Rohlin and I talk about holy week and the idea of marriage as the basis of civilization alongside René Girard's idea of the sacrifice and the scapegoat.

NOTE: Contrary to what I say in the video, the "fig tree" reading is actually from Sunday night (aka the Matins of Monday morning). Richard

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Books mentioned:
The Ancient City A Study On The Religion Laws And Institutions Of Greece And Rome: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet....
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 14001580, by Eamon Duffy: https://www.amazon.com/StrippingAlta...

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Thank you to Hayden Lukas for creating this version of the intro music: https://soundcloud.com/user542590843...

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Richard’s work:
Richard Rohlin’s articles on The Symbolic World blog: https://thesymbolicworld.com/author/r...
Amon Sûl podcast (Exploring the Tolkien Legendarium with the Christian Faith): https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts...
Amid Weeping There is Joy: https://www.amazon.com/AmidWeepingT...

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Coming up next
00:00:26 Intro music
00:00:58 Start
00:01:48 René Girard
00:04:05 The founder of a city
00:07:38 The basis of kingship
00:11:41 The ritual crowning
00:14:25 Cityfounding rituals & Vestal Virgins
00:25:19 Christ the bridegroom & the core of holy week
00:32:57 Monday: Joseph in the old testament
00:40:25 Tuesday: the fig tree & removal of the garments
00:44:18 Wednesday: the betrayal
00:48:20 Thursday: the moment of the wedding
00:53:40 Friday: funeral of Christ
00:58:15 Keeping watch over the tomb
01:00:36 Holy Saturday: baptism
01:01:17 The scapegoat and the marriage
01:05:56 Outro

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