See Also: Adam, Eve, and the Devil: A New Beginning (Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd, 2014).
By Marjo C.A. Korpel
Protestant Theological University,
Amsterdam / Groningen
Johannes C. de Moor
Protestant Theological University,
Amsterdam / Groningen
December 2014.
Past posts on the Devil/Satan (etc.) are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.Conclusion Canaanite mythological traditions, especially those from the city of Ugarit, throw new light on passages about Adam and Eve in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and parabiblical literature. Several elements that cannot be traced back to the canonical Hebrew Bible appear to be present in Canaanite texts that are at least twelve hundred years older. This allows for the hypothesis that there has existed an unbroken chain of popular religious tradition that was deliberately repressed in rabbinic Judaism, but occasionaly cropped up in extra-canonical works. Further exploration of these hitherto elusive links might be rewarding.