Kelly, Henry Ansgar

Satan: A Biography

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212 kr - 212 kr
212 kr
212 kr - 212 kr
212 kr
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How the Satan of the New Testament became the modern day personification of evil.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': 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'.PrefacePart I. Hebrew Backgrounds:1. The Old Testament2. Apocryphal works and the Dead Sea ScrollsPart II. The New Testament: Satan Comes Into His Own3. St. Paul, the first Christian writer4. The four Gospels5. Later Epistles6. The apocalypse of John the Divine7. Putting the New Testament together: a composite portrait of Satan in canonical orderPart III. Satan and Adam8. Satan's original sin: felling AdamPart IV. The Rise of the Fallen Lucifer9. Lucifer and the new biography of Satan10. Satan and the human race11. Theorizing Satan12. Satan in literature and artPart V. Satan in the Modern World13. Temptation and possession14. Doubts and affirmations15. Summary and conclusions. [Språk: Engelska] Häftad

Titel: Satan: A Biography
Förlag: Cambridge U P