“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...
Hovedforfatter: | Louis Cloete Jonker |
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Format: | Article |
Sprog: | Afrikaans |
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Old Testament Society of South Africa
2017-09-01
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Serier: | Old Testament Essays |
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Online adgang: | https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/142 |
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