The Origin of Satan

How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

Elaine Pagels

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English

Vintage U S
01 May 1996

Religion & beliefs; Christianity; Judaism

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 shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

By: Elaine Pagels
Imprint: Vintage U S
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9780679731184
ISBN 10: 0679731180
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 01 May 1996
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Arresting . . . brilliant . . . this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems. --Boston Globe Pagels is a wonderful writer. . . . She has a gift for bringing ancient texts alive. . . . Fascinating. --San Francisco Chronicle Lively reading . . . a book that makes familiar concepts disturbingly fresh and provocative. --The New York Times Pagels has achieved something important. . . . Thoughtful scholarly works that are also original and adventurous are not common. The Origin of Satan is such a work, and we should be correspondingly grateful. --New York Review of Books Lucid and closely reasoned. . . . Pagels remains always a lively writer who discerns the human implications of esoteric texts and scholarly disputes. --Chicago Tribune