Having read the bible in hebrew, I would like to point out that Beelzebub is mentioned as one of the gods of the Philistines and that Lucifer and Beelzebul are not from the bible at all, but are in fact later names. As a matter of fact, the name Lucifer doesn't exist at all in hebrew, but is purely christian.
In fact, the entire modern concept of Satan\Lucifer\Beelzebub is christian. While jewish tradition (especially the mystic part of it) has demons, all such references in the bible are to beings working under god. In fact, I believe the only place in the bible the name Satan is mentioned is in the book of Job, where he is clearly doing what god tells him to. By the way, did you know that Job lived in Oz?
BTW,
I would like to point out that the X-files had an episode called "Lord of the flies", which had someone involved with flies and that Asimov wrote a short story called Flies, in which one the main characters was Beelzebub, although he wasn't aware of it.
Hmm... He also hated flies (they loved him).
This also reminds me of Douglas Adams's Rain god, Rob McKenna, who was loved by the clouds, which always wanted to take care of him, but had a number for each type of rain he hated...
Message Edited by tst on 03-17-2005 01:26 AM
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