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Satanism & the Left-Hand Path

The Old Enemy

Satan and the Combat Myth

by Neil Forsyth

Forsyth argues that the figure of Satan grew out of ancient Near Eastern combat myths in which a divine hero defeats a rebel or chaos monster. He traces the narrative through Mesopotamian, Canaanite and Greek sources, Jewish apocalyptic writing, the New Testament and Gnostic and patristic literature. A learned literary and historical study for advanced readers of religion and mythology.

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