The Origin of Satan [Elaine Pagels]

[Gnostic] [Satan] [GOAT]

The Origin of Satan

Elaine Pagels

Random House, New York. 1995. First edition hardcover. The slightest rubbing to the front dust jacket, pristine otherwise.

From the publisher:

"With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike."

Pagels is a house favorite at Alarum. Like Francis Yates, she is able to pull the reader right into the historical moment she has turned her gaze to. This work draws the focus in onto the origin story of our boy Satan themself. You will be surprised by the conclusions that this book, impeccably researched I may add, comes to. Did Satan get a bad wrap? Seems so! How? Read on...