I recently read an article that stated the Dead Sea Scrolls depicted Satan as female and as a “temptress.” Is the Devil a woman?

I suspect relatively few believe Satan is a female, and I’m not sure that ancient sources that describe the Devil as a “temptress” were intended by their authors to be interpreted literally. Scripture reveals that angels are spirits (see Matthew 22:30; Hebrews 1:7, 14), not physical beings. Gender pertains to physicality. Angels and demons—spirits—are, therefore, sexless beings. Satan, a fallen angel, is neither male nor female. Those are categories that do not pertain to him, except perhaps metaphorically. The Bible always speaks of the Devil in masculine terms, but such descriptions should be understood as anthropomorphisms.

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