Description:
Satan is both a revealing study of the compelling figure of the Devil and an imaginative and persuasive inquiry into the forces that shape a concept and ensure its survival.
Brief description: Jeffrey Burton Russell is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Review Quotes:
Russell has complete mastery of his material, and the book's sweep is grand: a tour of the first five centuries of Christian intellectual history with the spotlight on the villain instead of the hero.... Satan is a valuable introduction to the theological portion of the Western Devil tradition.
-- "Speculum"