Monstrous

The Darker Side => Demons, Demonology and The Devil => Topic started by: white fang on July 10, 2012, 12:54:39 PM

Title: THE DEVIL
Post by: white fang on July 10, 2012, 12:54:39 PM
 I'm doing a personal study about the  devil.  If you know any sites,articles,etc I would love to know them.
Title: Re: THE DEVIL
Post by: jordyn on July 10, 2012, 03:53:15 PM
what about him?

there were several books referenced in the literature board, the one i purchased myself was...the prince of darkness, http://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-Darkness-Radical-History/dp/0801480566/ref=pd_ys_iyr3 (http://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-Darkness-Radical-History/dp/0801480566/ref=pd_ys_iyr3) and the history of hell.  http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Hell-Alice-Turner/dp/0156001373/ref=pd_ys_iyr6 (http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Hell-Alice-Turner/dp/0156001373/ref=pd_ys_iyr6)

there's a lot on the internet, depending on if you're looking at; origins, worshippers, etc...
Title: Re: THE DEVIL
Post by: white fang on July 10, 2012, 06:36:18 PM
 Thanks.I'm pretty much searching for the history of Hell.
Title: Re: THE DEVIL
Post by: jordyn on July 20, 2012, 08:46:36 AM
well, there are a few good books on that...

start with the greco roman afterlife, that's where the present ideas of heaven and hell came from.
Title: Re: THE DEVIL
Post by: rave phillaphia on August 14, 2012, 11:55:21 PM
Zoroastrianism (Persian empire second temple period) is where your concepts of angels come from and dualism of God and anti God. Demons are very common in all middle eastern traditions but for Judaism later Christianity and Islam, Babylon is the main Source. Then the greco - Roman influence later.


This was a melting pot of cultural influences so many ideas created it.
Title: Re: THE DEVIL
Post by: jordyn on September 05, 2012, 10:12:58 AM
Zoroastrianism (Persian empire second temple period) is where your concepts of angels come from and dualism of God and anti God. Demons are very common in all middle eastern traditions but for Judaism later Christianity and Islam, Babylon is the main Source. Then the greco - Roman influence later.


This was a melting pot of cultural influences so many ideas created it.

That's why i rather like the story of Abraham and the theory he was the son of an idol maker in sumeria...i can relate to that situation and it makes more sense "the devil" originally being a tester of faith rather than the destroyer of humanity.

in that situation he'd be a welcome intruder in a person of faith's life rather than a bane.

so, yeah...reading and coming up with your own ideas is definitly the best advice to your question, whitefang.