This article accompanies the fable
The Age of Consent


Satan in the Bible

Satan does not appear by name in Genesis at all, unless we identify him with the Snake (as many do), or we rely on mis-translations of the original Hebrew into Greek (the Septuagint).  He is not in the Talmud either but the Qur’an and the New Testament give him a prominent role.

A related question is whether Adam and Eve were Jewish.  Judaism, Christianity and Islam all hold that humans are descended from them, but as literary characters it is fair to say they were (or are) indeed Jewish because they made their first appearance in Genesis, a work written by Jews.  There are plenty of great Jewish jokes on the subject.