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

Paperback • 1996 • English

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

By Elaine Pagels

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About the book

From the National Book Award-winning and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Gnostic Gospels comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition.  "Arresting...brilliant...this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems." —The Boston Globe With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s s...Show more

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ISBN

9780679731184

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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