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The Old Enemy Satan and the Combat Myth / by Neil Forsyth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forsyth, Neil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Devil--History of doctrines.
- Devil in literature.
- Devil.
- Devil in literature--History and criticism.
- Devil--Comparative studies.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Comparative studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Univ. Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- The description for this book, The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth, will be forthcoming.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION: THE DEVIL'S STORY
- Part One: Ancient Enemies
- 1. HUWAWA AND GILGAMESH
- 2. THE DRAGON AND THE SEA: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN COMBATS
- 3. GREECE AND THE NEAR EAST
- 4. COMBAT AT THE RED SEA: THE EXODUS LEGEND
- Part Two: Rebellion and Apocalypse
- 5. THE SATAN OI: THE OLD TESTAMENT
- 6. THE ADVERSARY AS REBEL
- 7. THE SONS OF GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN
- 8. REBELLION AND LUST! THE WATCHER ANGELS IN THE ARAMAIC ENOCH BOOKS
- 9. THE CONVERGENCE OF SATAN AND THE WATCHER ANGELS: The Book of Jubilees
- 10. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT AND THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS
- 11. ANTIFEMINISM AND THEOLOGICAL DILEMMAS
- Part Three: Gnostic and Christian Mythology
- 12. THE ADAM BOOKS AND THE SERPENT'S IDENTITY: GNOSTIC DEVELOPMENTS FROM JEWISH APOCALYPTIC
- 13. APOCALYPSE AND CHRISTIAN COMBAT
- 14. PAULINE ENEMIES
- 15. THE COMBAT IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
- 16. THE DEVIL AND THE CANON
- Part Four: The Demiurge and the Devil
- 17. SATAN THE HERETIC
- 18. GNOSTICISM AND THE DEMIURGE
- 19. IRENAEUS: REFUTATION OF THE DEMIURGE
- 20. THE WATCHER ANGELS IN THE EARLY CHURCH
- 21. ORIGEN'S WICKED ANGEL: UNIVERSAL FALL AND REDEMPTION
- Part Five: Augustine and the Structure of Christian Mythology
- 22. AUGUSTINE! THE TASK AND THE OPPONENTS
- 23. MANICHAEAN DUALISM AND AUGUSTINIAN DIALECTIC
- 24. AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS: THE TWO TREES
- 25. AUGUSTINE AND GENESIS
- APPENDIX: METHODS AND TERMS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691067124
- 0691067120
- 9780691214603
- 0691214603
- OCLC:
- 1227051274
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