Well said. And since you’ve invited the discussion, here’s the abstract from a recent paper of mine on the wilderness temptation of Christ.
“Supportive of the observation that Second Temple Period Judaism lacked standardized terminology for a specific satan figure, this study contributes a lexicographical review demonstrating there is no evidence that the satanological terminology used in the Synoptic temptation pericope normatively referred to a specific supernatural evil being in Second Temple Period literature, casting doubt on the common assumption that the Synoptic writers used these terms to identify such a being in the temptation pericope. Early Tannaitic descriptions of disputation with a personified ‘evil inclination’ (yetzer ha ra), are shown to be more relevant analogs than later Talmudic accounts of rabbis tempted by Satan. This provides strong support for a reading of the wilderness temptation as an account of Jesus’ internal struggle with his own desires, rather than a battle of will against a supernatural evil being.”