“Satan Made Him Do It!” The Development of a Satan Figure as Social-Theological Diagnostic Strategy from the late Persian Imperial Era to Early Christianity

The purpose of this article is, first of all, to provide a short overview of the socio-religious development to personalize evil into a Satan figure alongside God. Thereafter, I will provide one biblical example which stands at the beginning of this development, namely 1 Chronicles 21. This text ana...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Louis Cloete Jonker
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Old Testament Society of South Africa 2017-09-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
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Online Access:https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/142