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"Evil―the infliction of pain upon sentient beings―is one of the most long-standing and serious problems of human existence. Frequently and in many cultures evil has been personified. This book is a history of the personification of evil, which for the sake of clarity I have called 'the Devil.' I am a medievalist, but when I began some years ago to work with the concept of the Devil in the...
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This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil from its beginnings in ancient times to the period of the New Testament. A remarkable work of synthesis, it draws upon a vast number of sources in addressing a major historical and philosophical problem over a broad span of time and in a number of diverse cultures, East and West. Jeffrey Burton Russell probes the...
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Jeffrey Burton Russell is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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- PublisherCornell University Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0801494095
- ISBN 13 9780801494093
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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