Contents

• Preface;
• Part I. Hebrew Backgrounds:
  • 1. The Old Testament;
  • 2. Apocryphal works and the Dead Sea Scrolls;
• Part II. The New Testament: Satan Comes Into His Own:
  • 3. St. Paul, the first Christian writer;
  • 4. The four Gospels;
  • 5. Later Epistles;
  • 6. The apocalypse of John the Divine;
  • 7. Putting the New Testament together: a composite portrait of Satan in canonical order;
• Part III. Satan and Adam:
  • 8. Satan's original sin: felling Adam;
• Part IV. The Rise of the Fallen Lucifer:
  • 9. Lucifer and the new biography of Satan;
  • 10. Satan and the human race;
  • 11. Theorizing Satan;
  • 12. Satan in literature and art;
• Part V. Satan in the Modern World:
  • 13. Temptation and possession;
  • 14. Doubts and affirmations;
  • 15. Summary and conclusions.