The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity

This is a serious work by a first-rate medievalist who has turned his eyes to antiquity in order to elucidate the sources of man's experience of the evil one. The result is scholarly, readable, and comprehensive...Russell's notations are copious and impressive, attesting to the vast amount of research that has gone into this study. The text is richly illustrated with some fifty well-chosen plates...An exceptionally lucid study and a major contribution to the field.