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Many people today think of Satan as a little red demon with a pointy tail and a pitchfork—but this vision of the devil developed over many centuries and would be foreign to the writers of the Old Testament, where this figure makes his first appearances. The earliest texts that mention the Satan—it is always “the Satan” in the Old Testament—portray him as an agent of Yahweh, serving as an...

In ancient religious thought, the world abounded with deities and other superhuman entities. These invisible beings were at work in the world, shaping history and influencing humankind. Unseen powers controlled the fortunes of individuals, sometimes for a person’s benefit and sometimes for a person’s harm. The rise and fall of nations were subject to decisions made and actions taken by deities. The writers of the Hebrew scriptures shared this understanding of the
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