Nothing in the bible or any other text even says that the snake was satan or anything other than a talking snake.
The Nachash in the Garden of Eden
THE GARDEN OF EDEN NACHASH
FOREWORD
The following article is based on information taken from the work of Dr. Michael Heiser. Dr. Heiser earned his PhD in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He can do translation work in roughly a dozen ancient languages, among them Biblical Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ugaritic cuneiform. He has also studied Akkadian and Sumerian independently.
Genesis 3, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 seemingly involve Satan, a Nachash, or some type of angelic or spiritual entity. This article is a report involving the supplied Dr. Heiser information and the actual scripture references.
GENESIS 3: THE EDEN INCIDENT
I’m certain everyone is aware of the Eden temptation story but allow me to give a few details. Adam then Eve were created by God and were free to roam the Garden of Eden where they could eat the fruit of any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The nachash (serpent) tempted or tricked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit and she gave a bite to Adam, who knew better but ate it anyway.
The word serpent is the Hebrew word,
nachash, which can be translated as serpent or snake but has other meanings as well. According to Heiser, the Hebrew root is the basis for a noun, verb, and adjective. Of course as a noun it is usually the word for serpent. The verb form means deceiver or diviner with divine knowledge. The adjective version means bronze or brazen with a bright shine. Therefore, used as an adjective it should be translated as “
shining one.” Shining or luminosity is a quality that is characteristic of divine beings in the Hebrew bible and other near east literature.
The serpent speaks to Eve and she responds. The nashash is fully aware of God’s words and therefore this serpentine being has proximity to God and some role in the Divine Council and Eden, which in Genesis is viewed as the residence of God.
Dr. Heiser’s opinion is that the nachash or serpent is not an animal and definitely not a talking snake. It is a divine being associated with the Divine Council who freely chose to oppose God’s plan for humanity by prompting the humans to disobey God so they would either be killed or removed from God’s council and family. The nachash is an angelic-type divine being perhaps masquerading as an animal, but not a member of the animal kingdom. It may have been in serpentine form or took a serpentine form.
God cursed the serpent to crawl on his belly and eat dust until his life ends. Serpents or snakes do not eat dirt. Heiser suspects that God may have put him under the ground as in Sheol which would have him crawling on his belly with nothing to eat but dirt.
The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.
(Genesis 3:14 NET)
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