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The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

By Elaine Pagels

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
9780679731184, 0679731180, 0679401407, 9780679401407
LCC
BS2555.6.D5 P34 1995
Open Library ID
OL1276363M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1177824 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

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