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Started by white fang, July 10, 2012, 12:54:39 PM

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white fang

I'm doing a personal study about the devil. If you know any sites,articles,etc I would love to know them.
We are all brothers under the skin,
       and i'm willing to skin all of humanity to
                             prove it.

jordyn

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 and the history of hell.  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...
"The world that God made is inherently comprised of relationships, symmetries, analogia, anagogy, poetic wisdom. Thus is the language of symbolism."

white fang

Thanks.I'm pretty much searching for the history of Hell.
We are all brothers under the skin,
       and i'm willing to skin all of humanity to
                             prove it.

jordyn

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.
"The world that God made is inherently comprised of relationships, symmetries, analogia, anagogy, poetic wisdom. Thus is the language of symbolism."

rave phillaphia

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.

jordyn

Quote from: 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.

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.

"The world that God made is inherently comprised of relationships, symmetries, analogia, anagogy, poetic wisdom. Thus is the language of symbolism."

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