AP/HUMA 3795 3.0 A Cultural History of Satan: Personified Evil in Early Judaism and in Christianity

AP/HUMA 3795 3.00

A Cultural History of Satan: Personified Evil in Early Judaism and in Christianity

This course investigates the origins, development, significance, and social functions of personified evil–Satan and his demons–in early Judaism and in the history of Christianity. We will consider some of the most important literary and visual depictions of this figure (and his story) from the ancient world through the middle ages to our own day.