P.-L. Couchoud: In the Ascension of Isaiah the killers continue to be "Satan and the other Princes"

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P.-L. Couchoud: In the Ascension of Isaiah the killers continue to be "Satan and the other Princes"

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The crucifixion, as presented by Paul, is that of a supernatural being executed by beings who are also supernatural. M. Loisy objects that in the thought of Paul the Princes of this Age (the demons) might have acted through human intermediaries—a supposition without the least support in the text. When Satan, in the Gospel of John, employs Judas as his intermediary, an entirely new picture has been substituted for that of Paul, but the retention of Satan as the prime agent remains as witness to the original theme. In the Ascension of Isaiah the original theme has been preserved: here it is Satan and the other Princes who crucify Jesus with their own hands.

(quoted from Paul-Louis Couchoud, article from the Hibbert Journal, Jan. 1939, my bold)
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