The Journey from Snake to Dragon, with Nathan Lovell: Genesis 3:1-15

<p>Dr Nathan Lovell is Director of Research at George Whitefield College, Cape Town, South Africa. He has published <a href= "https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBook-Kings-Exilic-Identity-Historiography%2Fdp%2F0567695328&data=05%7C01%7Crebecca.a.larson%40wheaton.edu%7C13d98802f7334dc0034308daa8685563%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638007463322527468%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=A%2Fb7YG%2F%2BxFc7osNbqHe2Uc5gOUZXTAMV%2FgPbBzH%2BY%2BY%3D&reserved=0"> <em>The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity</em></a> along with several articles, and is he currently writing commentaries on Kings (Hodder Bible Commentary) and Chronicles (The Bible in God’s world). In a previous episode he joined Dr. Capes to talk about 1 Kings 3. In this new episode he addresses a listener’s question about the creature that tempted Eve in Genesis 3. In that context it is a talking snake. Close attention to the language of later biblical passages sheds light on how it happens that Revelation finally refers to this creature as a dragon, indeed, as Satan.</p>