Satan is a key figure in many New Testament books. The authors of these books build on hugely diverse Second Temple traditions and themes. A recurring trend in New Testament Satanology is to assume or argue for a monolithic image of Satan throughout the New Testament. This trend is seen, most recently, in Farrar and Williams’s (2016) argument for a distinct, coherent Satanology, published in this journal. Such a uniform New Testament Satanology is untenable: there is only evidence of New Testament Satanologies. Within the 27 books of the New Testament, and indeed within works of a single author, various – sometimes almost contradictory – Satanologies are evident. As such, the New Testament authors continue the Second Temple trend of diverse Satan traditions, and any examination of Satan should keep this front and centre.

撒旦是许多新约书中的关键人物。这些书的作者建立在极其多样化的第二圣殿传统和主题之上。新约撒旦学中反复出现的趋势是在整个新约中假设或主张撒旦的整体形象。最近，在 Farrar 和 Williams（2016 年）在本期刊上发表的关于独特、连贯的撒旦学的论点中可以看到这种趋势。这种统一的新约撒旦学是站不住脚的：只有新约撒旦学的证据。在新约的 27 卷书中，甚至在一个作者的作品中，各种——有时几乎是相互矛盾的——撒旦学是显而易见的。因此，新约作者延续了不同撒旦传统的第二圣殿趋势，任何对撒旦的考察都应该保持这种前沿和中心。