Dark-skinned Satan has a long history
Satan tempting Booth to murder President Abraham Lincoln, [Magee Portrait of Booth]. Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
(RNS) When some people recently started questioning whether the Satan character on “The Bible” mini-series resembled President Obama, others had a broader question: Why was Satan dark-skinned at all?
