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The Devil we know

23 mins | May 28, 2017
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Where medieval manuscripts and illustrations find him towering and glowering, seething with hot, rancid breath and countless animal fangs, the go-to depiction of the Devil, humankind’s ancient enemy, is today often of a being polished though flawed, and a little tragic, more cordial than hypnotically tempting character. Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig says that that’s a great shame. ​

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