Word: serpent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...those interested in ancient religions there is here a very remarkable field. The sculptures show that serpent worship was a very prominent feature in the religion of this ancient people...
...Jews unquestionably received their idea of the devil at the time of their captivity. He is not spoken of in Genesis, although some regard the serpent in the Garden of Eden as a symbol of the devil. The first mention of Satan is made in Job, which, it is claimed, was written at the time of the captivity. In this book Satan is still an angel and has not yet become a tempter. The next mention of him is in Zechariah; and in Chronicles the idea of him is complete. The introduction of the idea of a devil made...
...discourse, Mr. Fiske said, would be composed of fragmentary thoughts suggested by the verse in Genesis where the Serpent says to Eve: "Your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good from evil." The story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, was found in the Vendedad, though the chief attribute of the Parsee Areman was that of a mischief-maker. In both accounts, there is a marked anthropomorphism. God, in jealous anger at man's divine knowledge of good and evil drives him away from the garden. It was not strange that...
There is a rather fascinating article entitled "The Great Unknown" by Mr. J. B. Holder. It is an accumulation of evidence in regard to the "sea-serpent," and after reading the testimony, one is inclined to believe that such creatures do exist...
...small fragments have yet been found. The use to which the Hebrews put this material constitutes the great superiority in the Hebrew versions. The writer of Genesis replaced polytheism by monotheism. Some things he left out, and retained only echoes of other portions. Thus, we find in Genesis a serpent which was an enemy to the Creator. In the Baby lonian form of the creation story this serpent is a dragon which wages a long war with all the gods, and is afterwards overcome by one of their number. The sacred tree plays a large part in the Assyrian sculpture...