Satan, 1st Edition
The Early Christian Tradition
$79.98
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
24 August 1987
Summary
Undeniably, evil exists in our world; we ourselves commit evil acts. How can one account for evil’s ageless presence, its attraction, and its fruits? The question is one that Jeffrey Burton Russell addresses in his history of the concept of the Devil-the personification of evil itself. In the predecessor to this book, The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity, Russell traced the idea of the Devil in comparative religions and examined its development in Western…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801494130 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0801494133 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Burton Russell |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 August 1987 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Cornell Paperbacks |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Drawing extensively on earlier scholarly literature, as well as his own original research in complex source materials, Russell has offered a coherent account of the development of a tradition in Christian thought that should be of great interest to specialists and nonspecialists alike. Although Russell would be the very last to claim that he can draw out leviathan with a hook, he has competently and diligently drawn out an image of leviathan that takes a respectable place in the literature of early church history.”-American Historical Review “Russell has complete mastery of his material, and the book’s sweep is grand: a tour of the first five centuries of Christian intellectual history with the spotlight on the villain instead of the hero… Satan is a valuable introduction to the theological portion of the Western Devil tradition.”-Speculum
About The Author
Jeffrey Burton Russell
Jeffrey Burton Russell is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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