Satan A Biography

Name: Satan A Biography
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ISBN: 9780521604024

ISBN-10: 0521604028

ISBN-13: 9780521604024

Edition: 2006

Authors: Henry Ansgar Kelly

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Christians traditionally think of Satan as Lucifer, God's enemy, who rebelled against Him out of pride and then caused Adam and Eve to sin. But, as Ansgar Kelly shows, this portrayal is not biblical but a scenario invented by the early Fathers of the Church which became the 'New Biography of Satan'. The 'Original Biography' must be reconstructed from the New Testament where Satan is the same sort of celestial functionary we see in the Book of Job - appointed to govern the world, specifically to monitor and test human beings. But he is brutal and deceitful in his methods, and Jesus predicts that his rule will soon come to an end. Kelly traces the further developments of the 'New Biography':…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of abbreviations


Introduction



Hebrew Backgrounds



The Old Testament



Apocryphal works and the Dead Sea Scrolls



The New Testament: Satan Comes Into His Own



St. Paul, the first Christian writer



The four Gospels



Later Epistles



The apocalypse of John the Divine



Putting the New Testament together: a composite portrait of Satan in canonical order



Satan and Adam



Satanï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s original sin: felling Adam



The Rise of the Fallen Lucifer



Lucifer and the new biography of Satan



Satan and the human race



Theorizing Satan



Satan in literature and art



Satan in the Modern World



Temptation and possession



Doubts and affirmations


Summary and conclusion


Index of passages


General index