Serpents in the Bible his heel" (KJV). Following the imagery of chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation, Bernard of Clairvaux had called Mary the "conqueror of dragons", and she was long to be shown crushing a snake underfoot, also a reference to her title as the "New Eve". Serpents in the Bible Serpents ( "nāḥāš") are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as
Bible translations into the languages of Russia and in 2008 John 1:1-17. The full gospel of John was published in 2011. The New Testament in the Kryashen dialect of the Tatar language was first issued at the end of the 19th century (see above). The Institute for Bible Translation is working on a modern translation, the New Testament of which has already been published. Jehovah's Witnesses have published "Инҗил. Яңа дөнья тәрҗемәсе", a translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (the New Testament). The Institute for Bible Translation has published a Tuvan translation of the Bible. They published Mark in 1996, Luke and Acts in 1997, the whole