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Comments by "k98killer" (@k98killer) on "The Origins of Satan" video.
I wonder about the etymology of the name Satan. As far as I can tell, the oldest manuscript referencing the name of Satan is the Septuagint. Satan is not present in the Dead Sea Scrolls, so I wonder if perhaps the name had a non-Hebrew etymological origin and was borrowed into Hebrew as a pun based upon the verb form, much like how the Talmud preserves the use of bad puns in anti-Christian polemics (the stuff about "Jesus ben Stada" having a mother who was "sta'dat" or unfaithful comes to mind) and how the stories of the Tower of Babel and the fall of Helel ben Shahar rely upon puns to make polemical zingers. The notion that it was first and foremost a Hebrew name is often brought up, but I have never seen it substantiated with manuscript evidence.
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It is worth noting that there are actually two different figures in the New Testament: "O Satanas" and "O Diabolos". They get lumped together by most translators of Revelation, but the tradition of two different entities is older than the notion of them being one entity. The devil is cast out of paradise and into a kingdom of ashes in Genesis 3, whereas the Satan (Samael) continues in his role as accuser and angel of death until the resurrection in the Gospels, after which point he no longer has a legitimate telos.
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