The Origin of Satan - Hardcover

Pagels, Elaine H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679401407 ISBN 13: 9780679401407

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1995

Synopsis

A study on the role of the devil in biblical and modern times theorizes that dissident social groups that resisted Christianity, such as Jews and Pagans, were typically portrayed as demons and therefore established as threats. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Arresting . . . brilliant . . . this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems." --Boston Globe

"Pagels is a wonderful writer. . . . She has a gift for bringing ancient texts alive. . . . Fascinating." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Lively reading . . . a book that makes familiar concepts disturbingly fresh and provocative." --The New York Times

"Pagels has achieved something important. . . . Thoughtful scholarly works that are also original and adventurous are not common. The Origin of Satan is such a work, and we should be correspondingly grateful." --New York Review of Books

"Lucid and closely reasoned. . . . Pagels remains always a lively writer who discerns the human implications of esoteric texts and scholarly disputes." --Chicago Tribune

Synopsis:

A study on the role of the devil in biblical and modern times theorizes that dissident social groups that resisted Christianity, such as Jews and pagans, were typically portrayed as demons and therefore established as threats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679401407
• ISBN 13: 9780679401407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214