Evil and the devil. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ida Frohlich and Erkki Koskenniemi.
• Other Names: Fröhlich, Ida; Koskenniemi, Erkki
• Contents: Tables; Introduction; Chapter1 The Devil in the Old Testament; Introduction; Satan-A Proper Name in the Old Testament?; The Concept of the Divine Council; The Divine Council Imagery in the Pre-exilic Yahwistic Monolatric Tradition; Exilic Apology and the Divine Council Imagery; Monotheistic Modification of the Divine Council; Rewriting Genesis 6.1-4 and the Origin of Evil Demons; Four "Satanic Verses" in the Old Testament; Conclusions; Chapter 2 Evil in Second Temple Texts; The Origin of the Evil in Qumran Tradition-The Story of the Watchers (1 En. 6-11). Sin and Impurity: Ethical (Prohibited) ImpuritiesThe Giants in the Enochic Tradition; Jubilees as a Narrative with Systematic Demonology; Demons and Spirits in Qumran Texts; Demons of Fever; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Demonic World of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Introduction; The Demonic of the Enochic Tradition and Its Take-up in the Dead Sea Scrolls; "Demons, " "Spirits" and "Angels" in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Chief Demonic Beings; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Devil in Rabbinic Literature; Satan as Accuser; Satan as Tempter and Seducer; Satan as Adversary; Satan, Sama'el, and the Angel of Death; Summary. Chapter 5 Miracles of the Devil and His Assistants in Early Judaism and Their Influence on the Gospel of MatthewIntroduction; Greek and Latin Demonology: From dai/monej to Demons; The Old Testament and the Septuagint; Early Judaism; Matthew: Do Not Try This at Home; Conclusion; Chapter 6 The Devil in the Gospel of Mark; Introduction; Mk 8.33; Mk 1.13; Mk 3.22-29; Mk 4.15; General Comments on Mark's Satanology; Chapter 7 Binding the Strong Man: Demon-Possession and Liberation in the Gospel of Luke; Introduction; Demon-possession and Exorcism in the Context of the Ancient Mediterranean. Limited Good and Demon-PossessionExorcism as Political Action; Luke's Special Emphases in the Narratives of Exorcism; Chapter 8 The Believing Jews as the Children of the Devil in John 8.44: Similarity as a Threat to Social Identity; Jn 8.44 in Its Literary Context; Dualism and the Construction of Identity; The Social Identity Perspective; Conclusion: Similarity as a Threat to the Social Identity of the Johannine Community; Chapter 9 Paul and the Evil One; 1. Paul and Evil; 2. Figures of Evil; 3. Pauline Argument and Vocabulary of "Evil"; 4. Conclusion; Chapter 10 1 Peter and the Lion. Intertextual BackgroundThe Accuser; The Predator; The Lion in Context; Why the Personal Evil?; Conclusion; Chapter 11 The Dangerous Loser: The Narrative and Rhetorical Function of the Devil as Character in the Book of Revelation; Linguistic Evidence; The Rhetoric of Revelation and Its Hermeneutical Horizon; The "Defeat of Satan" (Rev. 12): Present Time in Light of the Past as a Time of Threat from the Defeated; The Elimination of Satan (Rev. 20): Future as Certainty of Conquest in the Present; Conclusion; Chapter 12 "Evil is not a Nature": Origen on Evil and the Devil; The Origin of Evil.
• Publisher Details: London : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages)
• Subjects: 241.3; Devil -- Biblical teaching; Good and evil -- Religious aspects; Devil -- Christianity; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics; Devil -- Biblical teaching; Devil -- Christianity; Good and evil -- Religious aspects; Frühjudentum; Teufel; Dämon; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567607386; 0567607380; 9781306843607
• Related ISBNs: 130684360X; 0567371484; 9780567371485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-232) and indexes.
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