Demons, Ghosts, and Satan; What the Bible says about things that go bump in the night.

Episode Outline:
00:00 – Introducing demons, ghosts, Satan, and early Christianity
01:00 – Meet Dr. Travis Proctor and his work on demonic bodies
02:14 – Modern images of demons and ghosts versus ancient views
04:04 – Demons, possession, and spirits without bodies
06:00 – Ghosts in the Bible and the Witch of Endor
08:12 – What demons and ghosts actually do in biblical texts
16:14 – Beelzebub, Azazel, and ancient roots of modern demons
18:00 – Satan, fallen angels, and the development of Christian demonology
28:27 – Dr. Proctor’s course on Demons and Ghosts in the Bible

Episode Description
Demons and ghosts have specific, sometimes ambiguous, places in the modern imagination - demons tempt people to wickedness, but their incredible power can be harnessed by someone brave (or stupid) enough to bargain with them. Ghosts envy the living and can haunt and harm you, but can also be the comforting presence of a long-dead loved one. What role, though, did demons and ghosts take in early Christianity, and are those roles linked at all to our modern understandings of them? When you get right down to it, just who is Satan, and is God's adversary really a fallen angel? Dr. Travis Proctor joins me today to talk about all of this, and so much more!

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