books.google.co.uk - De La Torre and Hernandez's volume probes the murky origins of the satanic legends and beliefs back to their pre-Christian roots in the Middle East. They unearth the satanic roots in Egyptian and Babylonian understandings of evil. They also show, however, that the ancient Satan has some characteristics...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Quest_for_the_Historical_Satan.html?id=FPo_nS1Ce1sC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Quest for the Historical Satan