false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255897369m/22470.jpg 22470 9 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.- Publisher Comments . . . ground-breaking . . . Many times in the course of reading her explications I found myself saying, "Of course, why hasn't someone said this before?" By showing how the sectarian demonization of the "intimate enemies"--Jews and heretics--shaped early Christianity, the book helps us to understand the power of irrational forces that still need to be confronted in contemporary society. -- S. David Sperling, professor of Bible, Hebrew Union College 559295 book 1995 The Origin of Satan total:390|5:98|4:159|3:112|2:20|1:1| 390 1503 652 38 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 08:43:54 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 09:02:05 -0700 2007 By the way, the book is not what the title sounds like and is not about Satan per se. If you have read the gnostic gospels and liked it; yo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:15:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:40:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Apr 04 17:49:42 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 04 17:58:34 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 10:36:20 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 11:49:35 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 23:26:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 23:26:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 14 07:59:45 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 08:00:29 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 06:54:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:59:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 29 13:18:34 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 13:18:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 16:49:14 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 16:53:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 12:19:20 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 12:22:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Apr 14 08:02:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:05:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 11:09:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:28:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 13:58:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 14:05:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 26 20:41:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:45:25 -0700 2008
Yes, there are common sources to the study of Satan but to narrow it down to some specific sources would be too presumptuous. Same thing for the story of Creation which is common to all the major civilizations of the world. Satan is a Hebrew word and it means "the Opposer". Tha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 20:21:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:19:31 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Oct 13 09:09:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:10:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 12 08:21:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:21:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 09 09:23:51 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 09:32:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 03 11:23:33 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 11:26:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Nov 18 20:18:07 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 20:20:07 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=22470