[Dragaera] To Reign in Hell

[Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood]

That's a useful page. My earlier searches (this subject came up in a 
conversation with a friend a few weeks ago) had turned up this page:

http://www.minuteswithmessiah.com/question/fallen.html

This author attributes the idea to Milton's Paradise Lost, but the 
Wikipedia article points to "an old popular Canaanite story that the 
Morning Star tried to rise high above the clouds and establish himself 
on the mountain where the gods assembled, in the far north, but was cast 
down into the underworld." This is a story more akin to that of Icarus 
(the Morning Star -- Venus -- is the son of the Sun). There are some 
very interesting references to Islamic writings, as well.

This Wikipedia article is also quite interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Heaven

Jerry Friedman wrote:
> My impression is that in traditional Jewish interpretations
> and in modern scholarship, there's no connection among
> the three passages in the Hebrew Bible that traditional
> Christianity takes as referring to the Devil: the snake
> in the Garden of Eden, the morning star in Isaiah, and
> the Accuser in Job.  The morning star symbolizes a
> Babylonian king.
> 
> The Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer
> looks pretty good.  It says the idea of a Revolt of the
> Angels dates to the apocalyptic literature such as the
> /Book of Enoch/ (last few centuries B.C.)  Those books
> and early Christian writers connected Satan with the
> rebellious angels and with the morning star in Isaiah.
> 
> Jerry Friedman


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