The problem of the potsherd Job 2:8 in a new perspective by Ellen van Wolde

“…In this analysis of Job 2:8, three components are extensively discussed; (1) The syntactic structure that shows that the subject of the action of “taking” is the satan and not Job; (2) The semantic analysis of the occurrences of the noun חרש, which demonstrates that this word does not designate “potsherd,” but “pot”; and (3) The semantic analysis of the infinitive hitpael התגרד, which explains the satan’s goal in bringing Job a pot, namely to squeeze out his inflamed boils that cover him from head to toe.  …”
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Virtuosity, the Violin, the Devil ... What Really Made Paganini "Demonic"? by Maiko Kawabata

“…According to the most popular legend, Paganini, like Faust, made a pact with Satan to acquire magical powers-enabling him to create effects on the violin beyond the reach of anyone else. …”
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Cognitive linguistics and the demonology of Luke’s gospel by Perry, K

“…Fauconnier and Turner 2002) to Luke’s conception and portrayal of demons, exorcisms, and Satan, with particular attention paid to Luke’s use of the Septuagint. …”

The conqueror motif in chapters 12-13: a heavenly and an earthly perspective in the Book of Revelation by EC Shin

“…Various images such as salvation for the conquerors and judgment of the evil ones, or <br />victory of the Lamb and defeat of Satan, transform our earthly perspective into the heavenly perspective, and give us a new understanding as to how the conquerors should see the world. …”
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Le Diable au xxe siècle by Jordi Luengo López

“…At the dawn of the past century, the diffusion of the character of Mephistopheles, conceived as the modern evolution of the image of Satan, was an extraordinarily important social and cultural phenomenon from the perspective of spreading the Christian faith within the collective imaginary. …”
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The Content of Dream in Islamic Mystic Prose Texts (Pre–Seventh /13th Century) by S. M. Mirbagherifard, S. M. Rozatian, Mahnoush Mani

“…The results show that dreaming the beloved (God) is of the most importance whereas dreaming the Satan is the least desirable one. As for the reactions, the most frequent reactions are fear, enthusiasm, hope, confidence, pride, and joy.…”
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Blavatsky the Satanist: Luciferianism in Theosophy, and its Feminist Implications by Per Faxneld

“…To Blavatsky, Satan is a cultural hero akin to Pro- metheus. According to her reinterpretation of the Christian myth of the Fall in Genesis 3, Satan in the shape of the serpent brings gnosis and liberates mankind. …”
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Ève et la nuit des sens : une explication poétique et rationnelle de la Chute dans Paradise Lost de John Milton by Laïla Ghermani

“…This paper explores the confusion of the senses brought about by Satan’s dream in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, books IV and V and the ambivalent status of this dream episode in the explanatory process of the epic. …”
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Du progrès et de la promotion des démons : démonologie et philosophie naturelle dans l’épistémè européenne aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles by Pierre Kapitaniak

“…They actively participate in the ideological construct of an anti-church ruled by Satan – a mirror image of the catholic rites with witches as officiating priests. …”
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A Study of the Entries of Reward, Punishment, Heaven, and Hell in Two Quranic Encyclopedias by Orientalists by Alireza Asadi

“…The overlap of some entries with each other, the existence of incomplete entries, citing non-original or invalid sources, incompatibility and inconsistency of the content of articles with each other are among the most important methodological drawbacks, and regarding the teachings of the Quran as an echo of previous religious teachings, considering Satan angelic, depicting heaven and hell with material terms, presenting a harsh and unbalanced image of punishment and reward in the Qur'an, and describing incorrectly the human being's relationship with God's rule and Satan in Hell are among their most important content-related flaws. …”
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Jak z pewnego miasteczka szatan wyrzucił szatana. Girardowskie mechanizmy w "My z Jedwabnego" Anny Bikont by Antoni Źrebiec

“… How Satan Cast Satan out of a Small Town: Girardian Mechanisms in The Crime and the Silence by Anna Bikont This article identifies the categories of René Girard’s anthropology in the content of The Crime and the Silence (My z Jedwabnego), a non-fiction book by Anna Bikont. …”
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The Divine Preservation of Salvation in John’s Gospel: A Social Scientific Reading by Zorodzai Dube

“…One characteristic of John’s community as evidenced in the Gospel of John, is its awareness of social identity categories –the insiders are God’s children while the non-believers are children of Satan who are symbolised by darkness. It is within this prism that John discusses the concept of divine preservation. …”
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Potestas nocendi w świetle komentarzy św. Augustyna do Księgi Hioba 1-2 by Mariusz Terka

“…Augustine interprets the tragedy of Job presented in the Bible by two co­incidental and connected with each other scenes: the first describes the history of man depressed with suffering, who lost his property, family and health, where the second one shows the dialog on the spiritual level between God and Satan, in con­sequence of which Satan receives the power of doing damage (potestas nocendi) to Job. …”
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Walka dobra ze złem w "Liście" Pseudo-Barnaby by Mirosław Mejzner

“…Even though the out­come of God’s struggle with Satan has already been decided by the victory of Jesus Christ on the cross, still it is ongoing, and at different levels. …”
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Arven fra kolonitiden: Vi og De andre by Anders Breidlid

“…I kjølvannet av 9. september, gjengjeldelsesaksjonene i Afghanistan og krigen i Irak, og nå sist publiseringen av Muhammed-tegningene, er det blitt tegnet fiendebilder med skarpe streker der begge parter demoniserer Den andre som inkarnasjonen av Satan.…”
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Unremitting sympathetic ophthalmia associated with homozygous interleukin-10-1082A single nucleotide polymorphism. by Glover, N, Ah-Chan, J, Frith, P, Downes, S, Atan, D

YABANCI SEYYAHLARIN GÖZÜYLE OSMANLI TOPLUMUNDA SUÇ ve CEZA by İmran TEKELİ

“…Seyahatnamelerde görüldüğü kadarıyla, içki içenlere, kalpazanlara, hırsızlara, teşhircilere, zina yapanlara ve her türlü suça sopa; zina yapanlara necis işkembeyle eşeğe ters bindirme; ölçü ve tartıda hile yapanlara tahta kule; yalancı şahitlere, pahalı satan esnafa teşhir; içki satan Müslüman tüccara çengel; vergisini ödemeyenlere, hırsıza, eşkıyaya kürek; casuslara yakılma; Osmanlı hanedanından, eski Bizans soylularından suç işleyenlere kirişle boğdurulma; İslamiyet’ten çıkanlara ölüm cezası verilmiştir. …”
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Lolly Willowes : The Berg Collection Manuscript by Sylvia Townsend Warner

“…Two extracts from the manuscript follow, the first from the beginning of the novel, and the second from Laura’s dialogue with Satan near the end.…”
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Dynamics of human-divine civilization with an overview of Bernard Lewis' standpoints by Hadžajlić Mirsad

“…Both of these cognitive resources show that it is natural for the human, as a divine being - which can be under influence of Satan or even be a satanic being - to reside in a kind of mythological world. …”
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Koncepcja grzechu Adama u Cyryla Aleksandryjskigo by Bernard Jarosław Marciniak

“…Though in entire of his exegetical and pastoral production repeatedly this theme which one of patterns of his theology constitutes appears. According to Cyryl, Satan caused with jealousy took the man to the sin hitting the emotional sphere in order after all to take the man for falsifying the intellect. …”
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