Season 2, Episode 2: Irenaeus - a podcast by Klaus Yoder & Travis Stevens

This week we return to the scene of the crime from our first episode—the Garden of Eden—to make sense of why Christian theologians got so obsessed with Adam and Eve and why this matters for understanding the Devil. Our main source is Irenaeus, a 2nd century theologian who wrote a very long book about why everyone else was wrong, Against Heresies. 

Our intro music is by Yung Koolade

Our transition music is "Vater Lee" by Black Ant from here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Black_Ant/Free_Beats_Sel_3/Fater_Lee

license link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

A translation of Against Heresies: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103.htm

Other things we read:

Gustaf Aulèn, Christus Victor

Gerald Hiestand, The Bishop, Beelzebub, and the Blessings of Materiality: How Irenaeus’ Account of the Devil Reshapes the Christian Narrative in a Pro-Terrestrial Direction

Denis Minns, OP, Irenaeus: An Introduction

Neil Forsyth, The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth

J.B. Russell, Satan: The Early Christian Tradition

Further episodes of Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil

Further podcasts by Klaus Yoder & Travis Stevens

Website of Klaus Yoder & Travis Stevens