Sorry for asking a religious-related question in GQ, but it has a simple answer so it ought to be OK. Is there a recounting of the story of Satan falling to hell or Earth after some insurrection against God in the Bible, and if so what are the relevant passages?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can answer and give me a reference.
My understanding of it is that Milton took some basic narrative details from the Bible but filled in the details from his own imagination. I’m pretty sure that most of the details about Satan’s fall were either made up for his own purposes or based upon popular tradition rather than biblical passages. In terms of sources, it seems that he was influenced almost as much by Latin poetry as he was by the Bible anyhow.
Damn… and I thought this thread was going to be about Office Space…