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The Rise of Satan: How God's Executioner Became the Enemy - Softcover

Stokes, Ryan E.

 
9780802872500: The Rise of Satan: How God's Executioner Became the Enemy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802872506 ISBN 13: 9780802872500
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

Many people today think of Satan as a little red demon with a pointy tail and a pitchfork—but this vision of the devil developed over many centuries and would be foreign to the writers of the Old Testament, where this figure makes his first appearances. The earliest texts that mention the Satan—it is always “the Satan” in the Old Testament—portray him as an agent of Yahweh, serving as an executioner of evildoers. But over the course of time, the Satan came to be regarded more as God’s enemy than God’s agent and was blamed for a host of problems. Biblical scholar Ryan E. Stokes explains the development of the Satan tradition in the Hebrew scriptures and the writings of early Judaism, describing the interpretive and creative processes that transformed an agent of Yahweh into the archenemy of good. He explores how the idea of a heavenly Satan figure factored into the problem of evil and received the blame for all that is wrong in the world.

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About the Author

Ryan Stokes is associate professor of biblical studies and director of the Master of Arts in Applied Theology program at Carson-Newman University. He has published widely on biblical and related literature and enjoys teaching students in the classroom, speaking at churches, and giving lectures to various audiences who are interested in learning about the Bible.

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Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802872506
ISBN 13 
9780802872500
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
303