Jan 9, 2025 · People today can immediately recognize an image of the devil. But does our conception of Satan have any resemblance to the devil in the Bible?

Apr 3, 2021 · Examine who Satan really is and where he appears in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament in a BAS Library special collection of articles.

Jan 21, 2025 · The serpent in the Garden of Eden is portrayed as just that: a serpent. Satan does not make an appearance in Genesis.

Sep 1, 2024 · Ancient Pergamon perched atop a windswept mountain along the Turkish coastline and gazing proudly—almost defiantly—over the azure Aegean Sea

Aug 15, 2024 · Who is Lilith? Is there any warrant for calling Lilith Adam’s first wife? Are there appearances of Lilith in the Bible?

Mar 6, 2025 · What is the origin of sin and death in the Bible? Who was the first sinner? To answer the latter question, today people would probably debate whether Adam or Eve sinned first, but in antiquity, it was a different argument altogether. They debated whether Adam or Cain committed the first sin. John Byron of Ashland Theological Seminary explores ancient …

By: Shawna Dolansky The serpent in the Garden of Eden is portrayed as just that: a serpent. The story in Genesis 2–3 contains no hint that he embodies the devil, Satan or any other evil power. So where does the devil come into the details of Eden? Biblical scholar Shawna Dolansky examines how the serpent became Satan.

By: Shawna Dolansky The serpent in the Garden of Eden is portrayed as just that: a serpent. The story in Genesis 2–3 contains no hint that he embodies the devil, Satan or any other evil power. So where does the devil come into the details of Eden? Biblical scholar Shawna Dolansky examines how the serpent became Satan.

Mar 8, 2025 · In “The Gospel of Thomas: Jesus Said What?” in the July/August 2015 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole examines what the 114 sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas reveal about the early Christian world in which they were written. Below, read the 114 sayings of Jesus as translated by Stephen J. Patterson and …

Sep 15, 2014 · On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, the Biblical Archaeology Forum will host the lecture “God’s Battle with Satan in the Book of Revelation” by Dr. Ian