Herein we continue, from part 1, part 2, part 3, considering “Satan” in text generally termed the Apocrypha, Deutero Canonical, Pseudepigrapha, Gnostic Texts, etc. (see my article on the Apocrypha here). The fuller complete result consists of quotations of those sections within the text that refer to Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim, Devil, Satan, demons, serpent and dragon. The point is not to elucidate these references but to provide relevant partial quotations and citations. See my section on Angels in general and in apocryphal texts here. See my section on Cherubim and Seraphim in general and in apocryphal texts here.
Satan in Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour, Book of Jubilees and Book of John the Evangelist aka Interrogatio Iohannis.
Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour
10 And there stood before this idol a priest ministering to him, who, as often as Satan spoke from that idol, reported it to the inhabitants of Egypt and its territories.
14 Thereafter they came into another city, where there was a demoniac woman whom Satan, accursed and rebellious, had beset, when on one occasion she had gone out by night for water…And when the Lady Mary saw her, she pitied her; and upon this Satan immediately left her, and fled away in the form of a young man.
15 …the arts of accursed Satan and the work of enchanters.
16 And there was in that city an excellent woman: and once, when she had gone to the river to bathe, lo, accursed Satan, in the form of a serpent, had leapt upon her, and twisted himself round her belly; and as often as night came on, he tyrannically tormented her…She therefore gave Him to the woman; and when He was brought to her, Satan let her go, and fled and left her, nor did the woman ever see him after that day.
33 There was there also a young woman afflicted by Satan; for that accursed wretch repeatedly appeared to her in the form of a huge dragon, and prepared to swallow her.
34 When, therefore, they had gone away from her, and returned to their own district, and the time was at hand at which Satan was wont to attack her, at this very time that accursed one appeared to her in the shape of a huge dragon, and the girl was afraid at the sight of him…Satan, therefore, having come near in the likeness of a terrible dragon, the body of the girl shuddered for fear of him; but as soon as she took out the cloth, and placed it on her head, and covered her eyes with it, flames and live coals began to dart forth from it, and to be cast upon the dragon.
35 Another woman was living in the same place, whose son was tormented by Satan. He, Judas by name, as often as Satan seized him, used to bite all who came near him; and if he found no one near him, he used to bite his own hands and other limbs…being attacked by Satan in the same manner as usual…immediately Satan went forth out of that boy, fleeing like a mad dog. And this boy who struck Jesus, and out of whom Satan went forth in the shape of a dog, was Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him to the Jews; and that same side on which Judas struck Him, the Jews transfixed with a lance.
Book of Jubilees – 2nd century BC
10:11-12 And we did according to all His words: all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject before Satan on the Earth.
23:29 And all their days they shall complete and live in peace and in joy, And there shall be no Satan nor any evil destroyer; For all their days shall be days of blessing and healing.
40:9-10 And the land of Egypt was at peace before Pharaoh because of Joseph, for the Lord was with him, and gave him favour and mercy for all his generations before all those who knew him and those who heard concerning him, and Pharaoh’s kingdom was well ordered, and there was no Satan and no evil person (therein).
46:2 And there was no Satan nor any evil all the days of the life of Joseph.
50:5 And the jubilees shall pass by, until Israel is cleansed from all guilt of fornication, and uncleanness, and pollution, and sin, and error, and dwells with confidence in all the land, and there shall be no more a Satan or any evil one, and the land shall be clean from that time for evermore.
Book of John the EvAngelist aka Interrogatio Iohannis I, John…I lay upon breast of our Lord Jesus Christ and said unto him: Lord, who is he that shall betray thee? [and] he answered and said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish: then Satan entered unto him and he sought how he might betray me…And I said: Lord, before Satan fell, in what glory abode he with thy Father?…And Satan returned back and filled up (passed over again) the paths and entered in unto the Angel of the air and to him that was over the waters…
When Satan fell, in what place dwelt he?…And Satan came down into this firmament, and he could find (make) no rest for himself nor for them that were with him…the kingdom of Satan accomplished in this world and among all nations…And Satan the prince of this world perceived that I was come to seek and save them that were lost, and sent his Angel… Satan be loosed out of his prison…then shall Satan and all his host be bound and cast into the lake of fire.
In the next segment, we will consider History of Joseph the Carpenter, 1 Enoch aka Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch, 2 Enoch aka Slavonic Book of the Secrets of Enoch, Melchizedek, Latin Life of Adam and Eve aka Vita Adae et Evae and Greek Life of Adam and Eve aka Apocalypse of Moses.
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