Christians traditionally think of Satan as Lucifer, God's enemy, who rebelled against Him out of pride and then caused Adam and Eve to sin. But, as Kelly shows, this portrayal is not biblical but a scenario invented by the early Fathers of the Church which became the 'New Biography of Satan'. The 'Original Biography' must be reconstructed from the New Testament where Satan is the same sort of celestial functionary we see in the Book of Job - appointed to govern the world, specifically to monitor and test human beings. But he is brutal and deceitful in his methods, and Jesus predicts that his rule will soon come to an end. Kelly traces the further developments of the 'New Biography': humankind's inherited guilt, captivity by Satan, and punishment in Hell at his hands. This profile of Satan remains dominant, but Kelly urges a return to the 'Original Biography of Satan'.

撒旦正傳 Satan: A Biography

亨利·凱利（Henry Ansgar Kelly）著

基督教傳統上將撒旦視為魔鬼，以及上帝的敵人，且曾引誘亞當和夏娃入罪。但凱利發現，此非《聖經》所述，而是早期教會的神父們的創造。原始版本的撒旦理當如《約伯記》中所述，也是天使之一，管理世界，並專司監督和考驗人類。但耶穌不滿他在工作方法上的欺詐和蠻橫，遂預言其統治行將終結。