Satan

A Biography

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Christians traditionally think of Satan as Lucifer, God's enemy, who rebelled against Him out of pride and then caused Adam and Eve to sin. But, as Kelly shows, this portrayal is not biblical but a scenario invented by the early Fathers of the Church which became the 'New Biography of Satan'. The 'Original Biography' must be reconstructed from the New Testament where Satan is the same sort of celestial functionary we see in the Book of Job - appointed to govern the world, specifically to monitor and test human beings. But he is brutal and deceitful in his methods, and Jesus predicts that his rule will soon come to an end. Kelly traces the further developments of the 'New Biography': humankind's inherited guilt, captivity by Satan, and punishment in Hell at his hands. This profile of Satan remains dominant, but Kelly urges a return to the 'Original Biography of Satan'.

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'[Kelly's] interpretation is accepted by many biblical scholars. The theory provides an explanation for the presence of evil and suffering, without denying the existence or omniscience of God. ... The professor makes the case for Satan as more a 'functionary of the divine court' than 'an enemy of God as well as of Man, a convicted cosmic outlaw'.' The Times 'Kelly's stunningly bold attempt at rehabilitation makes the late Lord Longford's efforts to convince the British public that Moors murderer Myra Hindley was a reformed character look positively timid.' Daily Mail 'Kelly shows himself to be a masterful teacher. ... [He] illustrates nicely a sound approach in historical theology.' Professor Daniel J. Harrington, S. J., Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts '... enough here to stimulate and entertain. ... astute and deftly written ...' Literary Review 'In this succinct study, he adopts the role of Satan's unofficial spin doctor. The result is entertaining as well as rigourous. ... What could have been a crawling survey is in fact a lively and sane account that does much to rehabilitate Satan's reputation. Kelly's conclusions will surprise many...Kelly displays impressive control of his material attuned to nuances in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.' Times Literary Supplement

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List of illustrations	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Hebrew backgrounds
The Old Testament	p. 13
The first supernatural satan in the Hebrew Bible: the Angel of Yahweh and a talking ass	p. 13
A Son of Elohim as a satan: the spy and tester of the Book of Job	p. 21
A celestial satan as accuser: the trial of Joshua the High Priest in the Book of Zechariah	p. 23
Revisions and translations: Satan and satans, Devil and devils	p. 28
Apocryphal works and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 32
Sins of Humans, sins of Angels: Genesis 1-11 and the Book of Enoch	p. 32
Mastema/Satan and the Giant-Ghosts as punishers: The Book of Jubilees	p. 35
Dueling dualisms at the Dead Sea: Belial, the Principle of Darkness, Lady Folly - but no Satan!	p. 41
The New Testament: Satan comes into his own
St. Paul, the first Christian writer	p. 53
Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians: Satan as tester and punisher - and rehabilitator	p. 53
2 Corinthians, Romans: Pseudo-Angel-of-Light, due for a crushing	p. 59
Other sinister figures: Beliar, the God of this World, the Elements, the Powers	p. 64
St. Paul and the Wisdom of Solomon: on Adam, Eve, the Serpent, and the arrival of Death	p. 69
The four Gospels	p. 80
Satan in Mark, the earliest Gospel: testing and obstructing Jesus	p. 80
Satan and Jesus in dialogue: Matthew's three-act drama of temptation	p. 84
Luke's two books (Third Gospel and Acts): Satan in charge, and his predicted fall "like lightning"	p. 93
Satan according to John: homicidal liar, and Archon of this Cosmos	p. 107
Later Epistles	p. 114
Pseudo-Paul 1: 1-2 Timothy, 2 Thessalonians: Satan and/or Devil	p. 114
Pseudo-Paul 2: Colossians and Ephesians: the Heavenly Powers and Devil	p. 120
The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle of Jude: Devil as the Angel of Death - who deserves respect	p. 125
Excursus: the non-Diabolical fall of the Angels in Jude and 2 Peter	p. 131
Ecumenical Epistles: 1 Peter and James: Devil as lion, Devil as coward	p. 134
The Apocalypse of John the Divine	p. 141
Satan and the Angels of the Seven Churches	p. 141
Dragon-Satan-Devil and his predicted ouster from Heaven	p. 147
Another John, another world-view: Devil and anti-Christs in the Epistles of John the Presbyter	p. 159
Excursus: Jesus as the good Lucifer in Revelation and 2 Peter	p. 164
Putting the New Testament together: a composite portrait of Satan in canonical order	p. 168
Gospels and Acts	p. 168
The Pauline Epistles	p. 169
The other Epistles and Revelation	p. 171
Satan and Adam
Satan's original sin: felling Adam	p. 175
The early post-Biblical explanation: Satan fell because of Adam, Adam fell because of Satan	p. 175
Satan's jealousy in the Life of Adam and Eve	p. 182
The history of Iblis in the Koran	p. 184
The rise of the fallen Lucifer
Lucifer and the New Biography of Satan	p. 191
Satan as the rebel Lucifer, well before Adam: the hijacking of Isaiah 14 by Origen of Alexandria	p. 191
The slanderous New Biography of Satan: re-reading the Bible with Lucifer as God's enemy	p. 199
Satan and his Angels as Pagan Gods: renouncing the Devil and his pomps	p. 208
Satan and the Human Race	p. 215
Mankind enslaved by Satan - and redeemed (purchased back!) by Christ	p. 215
Satan and the Saints: straight man, fall guy, persistent meddler, bungling loser	p. 218
Satan's last assignment: Superintendent of Hell and punisher - right now! - of damned souls	p. 229
Theorizing Satan	p. 242
Satan as a Pure Spirit: the synthesis of Thomas Aquinas	p. 242
Satan and the Magical Malefactors: Sorcery Diabolized	p. 249
Satan in literature and art	p. 265
Literary and dramatic presentations of Satan: Dante, Milton, et ceteri	p. 265
Satan in the visual arts: scary and suave	p. 277
Satan in the modern world
Temptation and possession	p. 299
Satan as ever-present invisible Tempter: "The Devil made me do it!"	p. 299
Pathetic marvels: the phenomena of Diabolical possession	p. 303
Doubts and affirmations	p. 308
Satan contextualized and demythified: the Reformed Reformer Friedrich Schleiermacher takes a hard look at the Bible	p. 308
The many lives of Satan today	p. 315
Summary and conclusion	p. 323
Index of passages	p. 329
General index	p. 336
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