TY - JOUR AU - Scott G. Bruce PY - 2023 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag JF - Mediaevistik IS - 1 VL - 35 SN - 2199-806X TI - Richard Raiswell and David R. Winter, . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022, xviii, 397 pp. DO - 10.3726/med.2022.01.53 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1393304 N2 - This compilation collects primary source materials on the history and representation of the devil in ancient and medieval Christianity. Over the course of eleven chapters, the ninety-eight excerpts included in this book chart the development of the character of Satan and the activities of his demonic minions among humankind from Jewish antiquity to the fifteenth century. The chapters follow a roughly chronological order, but some of them present specific themes over the course of time. Chapter 1 (Sources for the Medieval Devil) primarily comprises excerpts from the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament with two exceptions: samples from Plato on the nature of pagan ER -