num_pages: 240
description: The bestselling author of The Gnostic Gospels--Nat'l Book Award &amp; the Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award winner--&amp; Adam, Eve &amp; the Serpent has written a provocative study of early Christianity--a controversial treatise on the Devil's true identity.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe gospel of Mark &amp; the Jewish warThe social history of Satan: from the Hebrew Bible to the gospelsMatthew's campaign against the Pharisees: deploying the devil Luke &amp; John claim Israel's legacy: the split widensSatan's earthly kingdom: Christians against pagans-The enemy within: demonizing the hereticsConclusionNotesIndex
language: English
title: The Origin of Satan
titlecomplete: The Origin of Satan
characters: Lucifer
genres: Christianity, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Judaism, Spirituality, Christian, Mythology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 6803
publisher: Random House (NYC)