The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
70. Is Satan in the Hebrew Scriptures?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
E. Macarena Garcia Garcia [+]
E. Macarena García García holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Complutense University in Madrid. Her research includes Jewish Apocalyptic literature, focusing on the problem of evil and its protagonists. She has published “Who Tempted the Woman? Variations of the Edenic Episode in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature,” Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 18 (2021): 75–94.
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Prince of evil, lord of demons and spirits, Satan became the ultimate cause of human disgrace. Not so in the Hebrew Scriptures, where the satan is God’s faithful servant that humans cannot blame for their own failures.