The Old Enemy : Satan and the Combat Myth. By Neil Forsyth. PRINCETON : 1987. HARDBACK in JACKET.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. PRINCETON : 1987. Hardback. Gilt lettered spine onto a red panel. In grey and red pictorial dust-jacket. Ex college library with minimal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear only to jacket. VERY GOOD INDEED in VG jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xv), 506, (i) pages. Bibliography: p. 457-490. Index. CONTENTS: ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: THE DEVIL'S STORY -- Part One: Ancient Enemies -- 1. HUWAWA AND GILGAMESH -- 2. THE DRAGON AND THE SEA: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN COMBATS -- 3. GREECE AND THE NEAR EAST -- 4. COMBAT AT THE RED SEA: THE EXODUS LEGEND -- Part Two: Rebellion and Apocalypse -- 5. THE SATAN OI: THE OLD TESTAMENT -- 6. THE ADVERSARY AS REBEL -- 7. THE SONS OF GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN -- 8. REBELLION AND LUST! THE WATCHER ANGELS IN THE ARAMAIC ENOCH BOOKS -- 9. THE CONVERGENCE OF SATAN AND THE WATCHER ANGELS: The Book of Jubilees -- 10. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT AND THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS -- 11. ANTIFEMINISM AND THEOLOGICAL DILEMMAS -- Part Three: Gnostic and Christian Mythology -- 12. THE ADAM BOOKS AND THE SERPENT'S IDENTITY: GNOSTIC DEVELOPMENTS FROM JEWISH APOCALYPTIC -- 13. APOCALYPSE AND CHRISTIAN COMBAT -- 14. PAULINE ENEMIES -- 15. THE COMBAT IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS -- 16. THE DEVIL AND THE CANON -- Part Four: The Demiurge and the Devil -- 17. SATAN THE HERETIC -- 18. GNOSTICISM AND THE DEMIURGE -- 19. IRENAEUS: REFUTATION OF THE DEMIURGE -- 20. THE WATCHER ANGELS IN THE EARLY CHURCH -- 21. ORIGEN'S WICKED ANGEL: UNIVERSAL FALL AND REDEMPTION -- Part Five: Augustine and the Structure of Christian Mythology -- 22. AUGUSTINE! THE TASK AND THE OPPONENTS -- 23. MANICHAEAN DUALISM AND AUGUSTINIAN DIALECTIC -- 24. AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS: THE TWO TREES -- 25. AUGUSTINE AND GENESIS -- APPENDIX: METHODS AND TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES - INDEX. Lg.8vo. **HEAVY; some extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History.]. SCARCE.