05-03-2010, 04:32 AM
Very well put... HaSatan is not a name but a word that I believe is best represented by the English 'the Adversary'
Christianity explicitly expounds on a concrete conceptualization of HaSatan much moreso than the TaNaKh...
It can be said that that they're derived from sod's [of PaRDeS] of the TaNaKh as well as from Hellenistic influences of the conception of Hades and possibly as well as building upon Paul's interpretation of the TaNaKh. (I didn't actually do any research here, but this is what I've heard and what I'd guess)
Shalom w'Chayim, Aaron
Christianity explicitly expounds on a concrete conceptualization of HaSatan much moreso than the TaNaKh...
It can be said that that they're derived from sod's [of PaRDeS] of the TaNaKh as well as from Hellenistic influences of the conception of Hades and possibly as well as building upon Paul's interpretation of the TaNaKh. (I didn't actually do any research here, but this is what I've heard and what I'd guess)
Shalom w'Chayim, Aaron