What I propose illuminates the divergences as well as the convergences between the biblical and the mythical, not merely the innocence of the victims versus their guilt, but the fact that, in mythology, no one ever questions this guilt. In the Gospels, the revealing account of scapegoating emanates not from the unanimous crowd but from a dissenting few. Initially, Jesus’ disciples almost surrender to the mimetic power of the many, but on the third day, thanks to the Resurrection, they secede from the deluded mob and proclaim the innocence of their Lord. In mythology no dissenting voice is ever
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