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

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.

Author: Elaine Pagels
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/30/1996
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780679731184
Language: English