The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots

Religious scholars explore the origins of the sinister persona that haunts the Bible-and personifies evil across cultures.

Of all the demons, monsters, fiends, and ogres to preoccupy the western imagination in literature, art, and film, no figure has been more feared-or misunderstood-than Satan. But how accurate are the popular images of Satan? How-and why-did this rather minor biblical character morph into the very embodiment of evil?

T. J. Wray and Gregory Mobley guide readers on a journey ...