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The old enemy : Satan and the combat myth /

The description for this book, The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth, will be forthcoming.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forsyth, Neil, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1987]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations Page
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Devil's Story
  • Part One: Ancient Enemies
  • 1. Huwawa And Gilgamesh
  • (1). The Gilgamesh Tradition
  • (2). Variants of the Huwawa Narrative
  • (3). Huwawa and His Trees: The Ambivalence of the Adversary
  • 2. The Dragon And The Sea: Ancient Near Eastern Combats
  • (1). Cosmogony or Kingship?
  • (2). Canaanite Battles with Sea
  • (3). Marduk and Tiamat
  • (4). Ninurta and the Anzu-Bird
  • (5). Ninurta and the Azag Demon
  • (6). Ninurta, Akhenaton, and Psalm 104
  • (7). Syncretism in the Enumd Elis
  • (8). Death and the Dragon
  • (9). The Voice of God
  • 3. Greece and the Near East
  • (1). Pherecydes and the Canaanite Connection
  • (2). Hesiod's Theogony: The Glorification of Zeus
  • (3). Zeus the Rebel
  • 4. Combat at the Red Sea: The Exodus Legend
  • (1). The Survival of Tradition
  • (2). Dry Ground Through Sea and River
  • (3). Kingship and the Myth Language
  • (4). Exodus Typology and Redemption
  • Part Two: Rebellion and Apocalypse
  • 5. The Satan of: the old Testament
  • 6. The Adversary as Rebel
  • (1). Rebellion as Combat Motive
  • (2). Which One Is the Rebel? Enuma Elis
  • (3). Athtar: The Rebel in Canaan
  • (4). Phaethon: The Rebel in Greece
  • (5). Lucifer: The Rebel in Isaiah
  • (6). The Rebel Princes in Ezekicl
  • (7). From Prophecy to Apocalypse
  • 7. The Sons Of God And The Daughters Of Men
  • 8. Rebellion And Lust! The Watcher Angels In the Aramaic Enoch Books
  • (1). Semihazah: The Mixing of Angels and Women
  • (2). Asael and Forbidden Knowledge
  • 9. The Convergence of Satan and the Watcher Angels: The Book of Jubilees
  • 10. The Angel Of Light And The Angel Of Darkness
  • (1). Giants and Trees: The Moralized Myth
  • (2). The Two Spirits
  • (3). The Prophet and the Satanic Priest
  • 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
  • (1). The Watchers and Eve
  • (2). Adam and Original Wisdom
  • (3). Origins and Texts of the Adam Books
  • (4). Seth and the Oil of Mercy
  • (5). The Serpent and Satan
  • (6). The Birth of Cain
  • (7). Satan's Envy of Adam: A Gnostic Allegory
  • (8). Excursus: Satan in the Slavonic Book of the Secrets of Enoch
  • 13. Apocalypse and Christian Combat
  • 14. Pauline Enemies
  • (1). Paul and Apocalypse
  • (2). The Myth of Psalm 110.1
  • (3). Paul and His Opponents
  • (4). The Adversary and the Law
  • (5). The Origins of the Struggle
  • (6). The Pauline Tradition
  • 15. The Combat in the Synoptic Gospels
  • 16. The Devil And The Canon
  • Part Four: The Demiurge and the Devil
  • 17. Satan the Heretic
  • (1). First Born of Satan
  • (2). Satan and Judas
  • 18. Gnosticism and the Demiurge
  • (1). The Watchers and the Demiurge