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The history of the devil : as well ancient as modern /

This fascinating volume from the author of such influential novels as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders offers an analytical take on the figure of Satan. Although Defoe offers a comprehensive history of the symbolic and literary significance of the devil, he also believes that the devil plays an act...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 (Autor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	[Auckland] : The Floating Press, [2012]
Temas:	Devil > Early works to 1800. Good and evil > Early works to 1800. Devil in literature > Early works to 1800. Démon > Ouvrages avant 1800. Démon dans la littérature > Ouvrages avant 1800. RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology. Devil Devil in literature Good and evil Early works
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Title; Contents; The History of the Devil, as Well Ancient as Modern; The Preface to the Second Edition; PART I
OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE DEVIL; Chapter I
Being an Introduction to the Whole Work; Chapter II
Of the Word Devil; Chapter III
Of the Original of the Devil; Chapter IV
Of the Name of the Devil; Chapter V
Of the Station Satan Had in Heaven Before He Fell; Chapter VI
What Became of the Devil and His Host of Fallen Spirits After Their Being Expell'd from Heaven; Chapter VII
Of the Number of Satan's Host.
Chapter VIII
Of the Power of the Devil at the Time of the Creation of this WorldChapter IX
Of the Progress of Satan in Carrying on His Conquest Over Mankind; Chapter X
Of the Devil's Second Kingdom; Chapter XI
Of God's Calling a Church Out of the Midst of a Degenerate World; PART II
OF THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE DEVIL; Chapter I; Chapter II
Of Hell as it is Represented to Us, and How the Devil is to Be Understood; Chapter III
Of the Manner of Satan's Acting and Carrying on His Affairs in this World; Chapter IV
Of Satan's Agents or Missionaries.
Chapter V
Of the Devil's Management in the Pagan HierarchyChapter VI
Of the Extraordinary Appearance of the Devil, and Particularly of the Cloven-Foot; Chapter VII
Whether is Most Hurtful to the World?; Chapter VIII
Of the Cloven-Foot Walking About the World Without the Devil; Chapter IX
Of the Tools the Devil Works With; Chapter X
Of the Various Methods the Devil Takes to Converse with Mankind; Chapter XI
Of Divination, Sorcery, the Black-Art, Pawawing, and Such Like Pretenders to Devilism.
The Conclusion
Of the Devil's Last Scene of Liberty, and What May Be Supposed to Be His EndEndnotes.

The history of the devil : as well ancient as modern /

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