Herein we continue, from part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, 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 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.
History of Joseph the Carpenter – 6th to 7th century AD
8 But Satan went and told this to Herod the Great, the father of Archelaus.
1 Enoch aka Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch – 1st to 2nd century AD
This is from the R. H. Charles, D.Litt., D.D. translation.
Chapter 40, XL:7 And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them to come before the Lord of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the Earth.
Chapter 53, LIII:3 For I saw all the Angels of punishment abiding (there) and preparing all the instruments of Satan.
Chapter 54, LIV:6 And Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and Phanuel shall take hold of them on that great day, and cast them on that day into the burning furnace, that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their unrighteousness in becoming subject to Satan and leading astray those who dwell on the Earth.’
Chapter 65, LXV: 6 And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord concerning those who dwell on the Earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the Angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images for the whole Earth.
2 Enoch aka Slavonic Book of the Secrets of Enoch – late 1st century AD
This is from the W. R. Morfill, M.A. translation.
Chapter 18, XVIII:3 And they said to me: These are the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail (Satan) rejected the Lord of light, and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second heaven, and three of them went down on to Earth from the Lord’s throne.
Chapter 31, XXXI:4 The devil is the evil spirit of the lower places, as a fugitive he made Sotona from the heavens as his name was Satanail (Satan), thus he became different from the Angels, (but his nature) did not change (his) intelligence as far as (his) understanding of righteous and sinful (things).
Melchizedek – 150-300 AD
Ellipses in original translation by Søren Giversen and Birger A. Pearson.
… in the counsels of […] Satan […], the sacrifice […] his doctrines … (2 lines unrecoverable)
Latin Life of Adam and Eve aka Vita Adae et Evae
There are various versions of this work namely; in Greek Apocalypse of Moses, in Latin Life of Adam and Eve, in Slavonic Life of Adam and Eve, in Armenian Penitence of Adam, in Georgian Book of Adam plus fragments in Coptic. In whole these are termed Primary Adam Literature and date from the 3rd to 5th century AD and may all derive from a 1st century BC/AD original.
ix:1 Satan was wroth and transformed himself into the brightness of Angels.
Greek Life of Adam and Eve aka Apocalypse of Moses
xvii:1-2 And instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise, and when the Angels ascended to worship God, then Satan appeared in the form of an Angel and sang hymns like the Angels.
In the next segment, we will consider Ascension of Isaiah aka Martyrdom of Isaiah, Assumption of Moses aka Testament of Moses, Secret Book of James aka Apocryphon of James, Acts of John and Apocalypse of Paul.
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