This is a social history of the devil. The figure of Satan has been a standing puzzle in the history of religion. Elaine Pagels's study examines his origins and his shifting functions. Satan is not present in classical Jewish sources (and scarcely present in traditional Judaism to this day), although images of Satan began to develop and proliferate in later Jewish sources not included in the Hebrew Bible. The book explores the early history or invention of the devil, and traces Satan's subsequent transformations as one of ...
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This is a social history of the devil. The figure of Satan has been a standing puzzle in the history of religion. Elaine Pagels's study examines his origins and his shifting functions. Satan is not present in classical Jewish sources (and scarcely present in traditional Judaism to this day), although images of Satan began to develop and proliferate in later Jewish sources not included in the Hebrew Bible. The book explores the early history or invention of the devil, and traces Satan's subsequent transformations as one of society's most necessary fictions.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; 2006 T & AD Poyser (London), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall grey buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, drawings and charts, maps, index, 360 pp. plus 8 unnumbered pages of plates. A fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~S~ [3.0P] A large and spectacular bird of prey, the Goshawk lives in boreal forests throughout the Northern hemisphere. Robert Kenward's The Goshawk is an authoritative yet highly readable monograph of a rather special bird of prey. Includes chapters on nomenclature, races and morphs, biometrics, nesting, incubation and chick-rearing, migration, feeding ecology, population dynamics, and conservation, peppered throughout with illuminating tales from the author's extensive field research. The product of nearly 30 years of research, this work is both a valuable resource for ornithologists and raptor specialists, and a great read.
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New in New jacket. An authoritative yet readable monograph on this large accipiter, found in boreal and temperate forests throughout the northern hemisphere. Color photos. Poyser Monographs series.
