Origin_Of_Satan

Origin Of Satan The book I chose to read is called The Origin of Satan, by Elaine Pagels. The reason why I chose this book out of the entire list is because it was the only one on the list not dealing with masculinity or femininity. I was not raised as a Catholic (although I was baptized) or as a Jewish person, so the idea of Satan to me was only what I had experience through television or what other people in my life have described him as. So I was eager to learn the exact origin of his character and how he became personified as the red man who appears on one of your shoulders every time you think about doing something bad. In the following paragraphs I do summarize a lot of the text however keep in mind that I did not know any of this information before reading this book. Therefore while I mention a decent amount I will be commenting on the information I present opposed to writing a summary and then commenting afterwards. At first I did not understand why you chose this book to put on the list, but as I was reading the introduction Elaine Pagels book, satan, people, pagels, jesus, god, jewish, because, actually, about, time, elaine, chapter, written, through, testament, out, new, job, jesus’, gospel, first, say, read, one, much, mostly, mark, human, gospels, exactly, eve, described, chose, character,