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🗓️ 25 March 2023
⏱️ 151 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is the second part of a two-part episode. |
0:03.0 | In part one, I discuss the earliest mentions of the devil, both in the Old and New Testament |
0:07.4 | of the Christian Bible, as well as ancient Jewish literature and the inter-test metal period, |
0:12.3 | and some ancient sources of inspiration that helped mold the devil into the Archfiend |
0:16.1 | of the Christian God. |
0:18.1 | In part two, I'll be discussing evil entities and concepts in other cultures, the many names |
0:23.2 | associated with the devil and their origins, the many descriptions of this entity and his |
0:28.1 | infamy and pop culture and the conclusions we can draw from the research. |
0:32.1 | One sees more devils than vast hill can hold, |
0:51.1 | I've mentioned several contributing cultures to the role and persona of the devil already, |
1:05.9 | the biggest of which was Persia. |
1:08.2 | Zoroastrianism and Babylonian mythology not only influenced Jewish writers, many stories |
1:14.0 | found in the Bible are straight up retellings of older myths. |
1:18.6 | Mesopotamia's the epic of Gilgamesh introduced fantastical entities such as Humbaba, a figure |
1:24.3 | of terror that guarded the cedar forest which the hero Gilgamesh had to overcome. |
1:29.7 | Ahura Mazda fought against the forces of Ahramon the Opposer in an eternal struggle of good |
1:34.9 | versus evil in Zoroastrianism. |
1:37.8 | Marduk fought the goddess Tiamat, who had given birth to dragons, snakes, beasts and ogres |
1:43.6 | in the Babylonian Enuma Alish. |
1:47.2 | Besides being pitted against the head of the Babylonian pantheon, Tiamat bore a son |
1:51.8 | called Kingu, whom she wanted to rule all other gods. |
1:56.4 | He was the general of her army who rebelled against Marduk, but fell to Marduk's hand |
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