Satan: A BiographyCambridge University Press, 2006 M08 17 - 360 pages 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 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': humankind's inherited guilt, captivity by Satan, and punishment in Hell at his hands. This profile of Satan remains dominant, but Kelly urges a return to the 'Original Biography of Satan'. |
Contents
Section 1 | 21 |
Section 2 | 28 |
Section 3 | 41 |
Section 4 | 51 |
Section 5 | 80 |
Section 6 | 107 |
Section 7 | 114 |
Section 8 | 131 |
Section 16 | 278 |
Section 17 | 280 |
Section 18 | 281 |
Section 19 | 282 |
Section 20 | 283 |
Section 21 | 284 |
Section 22 | 286 |
Section 23 | 288 |
Section 9 | 168 |
Section 10 | 171 |
Section 11 | 173 |
Section 12 | 189 |
Section 13 | 215 |
Section 14 | 242 |
Section 15 | 265 |
Section 24 | 289 |
Section 25 | 290 |
Section 26 | 293 |
Section 27 | 294 |
Section 28 | 297 |
Section 29 | 308 |
Section 30 | 323 |
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Abyss Accuser Adam and Eve adversary Angel of Yahweh Apostles Balaam Belial Bible Biblical Book of Enoch Book of Job Book of Jubilees Book of Revelation Cain called century chap chapter Christ Christian Church cites comes Corinthians Cyprian Darkness dead Death deceived Demons Devil Diabolical Divine Dragon dualism Earth envy Epistle Epistle of Jude evil exorcism exousia faith fall Fallen Angels Father Genesis God’s Golden Legend Gospel Greek Hades Heaven Hebrew Hell Human idea identified interpretation Isaiah 14 James Jesus Jesus’s John Jubilees Judas Jude Justin later Latin Light Lord Lucifer Luke Mastema Matt Matthew Michael Morning Star Old Testament original Pagan passage Paul Paul’s peirasmos Peter punishment Qumran refers to Satan Revelation Roman Ruler Satan says Schleiermacher Scripture Septuagint Serpent sins Sorcery souls speaking Spirit story tells temptation things thou Timothy translation words World Yahweh Zechariah