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Elaine Pagel is a brilliant scholar and writer, but the reader must understand that the subject matter of this book is better characterized by its subtitle: "How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics. Ms. Pagel invests much of the reader's energy by parsing through the gospels (canonical and Gnostic)and other historic documents to illustrate how frictions of faith in the early church became elevated to a point of putting the mantel of "evil" and "children of darkness" and "demonic" upon those who opposed (and still oppose) Christianity.
The Origin of Satan book. Pagels Elaine Pagels does a wonderful job of tracing her theme through the period before Christ into the period of the rise and fall of gnosticism
The Origin of Satan book. Pagels Elaine Pagels does a wonderful job of tracing her theme through the period before Christ into the period of the rise and fall of gnosticism. Her arguments are precise and clearly explained, not falling into academic jargon.
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In this groundbreaking book, Elaine Pagels, Princeton's distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of Satan . In The Origin of Satan, Pagels shows that the four Christian gospels tell two very different stories.
In this groundbreaking book, Elaine Pagels, Princeton's distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of Satan from its origins in the Hebrew Bible, where Satan is at first merely obstructive, to the New Testament, where Satan becomes the Prince of Darkness, the bitter enemy of God and man, evil incarnate. The first is the story of Jesus' moral genius: his lessons of love, forgiveness, and redemption.
Martin Buber, cited in discussion with Malcolm Diamond, professor of religion at Princeton University, May 1994. 3. Walter Wink, Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces That Determine Human Existence (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986); C. G. Jung, Answer to Job, trans. R. F. C. Hull (London: Routledge and Regan Paul, 1954). 4. Jeffrey B. Russell, The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primi- tive Christianity (Ithaca, . Cornell University Press, 1970).
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Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born February 13, 1943), is an American .
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born February 13, 1943), is an American religious historian. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Modern Library named it as one of the 100 best books of the twentieth century
The book explores this early history or invention of the devil, and traces Satan's subsequent transformations as. .This work is a social history of the devil. The figure of Satan has been a standing puzzle in the history of religion.
The book explores this early history or invention of the devil, and traces Satan's subsequent transformations as one of society's most necessary fictions. This study examines his origins and his shifting functions. Satan is not present in classical Jewish sources (and scarcely present in traditional Judaism to this day). Images of Satan began to develop and proliferate in later Jewish sources not included in the Hebrew Bible.
In this groundbreaking book, Elaine Pagels, Princeton's distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of Satan from its origins in the Hebrew Bible, where Satan is at first merely obstructive, to the New Testament, where Satan becomes the Prince of Darkness, th.