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Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism.

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Buy "The Origin of Satan" by Elaine Pagels (affiliate link): amzn.to/4dFHs18

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0:00 Who is Satan?
6:37 Early Satan in Job and Zechariah
8:32 The development of Satan in the Babylonian Exile
12:32 What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
15:34 The Book of Enoch
17:58 Satan in the New Testament
21:11 Did Zoroastrianism Inspire the Character of Satan?
23:38 Satan in John’s Gospel
28:58 Are the Jews Responsible for Jesus’ Death?
38:14 The Origins of Christian Antisemitism
45:11 Satan in the Real World
54:30 Satan in Revelation
1:00:53 Was Satan the Snake in the Garden of Eden?
1:04:41 Why Specialise in Satan?

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