The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity
Cornell University Press. 8vo, orange buckram cloth, black and red titles, 276pp. Stated second printing, 1981. Unpriced dust jacket with faint creases to edges, small chips and a short closed tear to rear panel. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A major monograph by the medieval and religious studies scholar, examining the devil in Hebraic and classical pagan literature through to the New Testament and early Christian theology. The first volume in a five volume series on the literary and cultural history of the devil. A nearly fine copy. Near Fine.
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