Demons and the Devil in ancient and medieval Christianity
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Demons and the Devil in ancient and medieval Christianity
(Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 108)
Brill, 2011
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In English; 1 contribution in German
Based on a conference held Oct. 6-7, 2006 in Heeze, Netherlands
Includes index
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Description
This collection of essays approaches the role of demons and the devil in ancient and medieval Christianity from a variety of scholarly perspectives: historical, philosophical, and theological as well as philological, liturgical, and theoretical. In the opening article Gerd Theissen presents a wide-ranging overview of the role of the devil, spanning the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and patristic literature. The contributions that follow address texts on the devil, demons, and evil, and are drawn from ancient philosophy, the New Testament, early Christian apologetics, hagiography, and history. Covering primarily the patristic period, the volume also contains articles on medieval sources. The introduction discusses the different angles of approach found in the articles in an effort to shed fresh light on this familiar but also uniquely troubling theme.
Table of Contents
Nienke Vos, Demons and the Devil in Ancient and Medieval Christianity: Introduction, Summary, Reflection
Gerd Theissen, Monotheismus und Teufelsglaube: Entstehung und Psychologie des biblischen Satansmythos
Keimpe Algra, Stoics on Souls and Demons: Reconstructing Stoic Demonology
The New Testament and its Reception in Early Christianity
Geert van Oyen, Demons and Exorcisms in the Gospel of Mark
Hagit Amirav, The Application of Magical Formulas of Invocation in Christian Contexts
Toon Bastiaensen, Exorcism: Tackling the Devil by Word of Mouth
Ancient Christianity
Theodoor Korteweg, Justin Martyr and his Demon-ridden Universe
Nienke Vos, Demons Without and Within: The Representation of Demons, the Saint, and the Soul in Early Christian Lives, Letters and Sayings
Boudewijn Dehandschutter, Demons among the Messalians
Medieval Christianity
Gerard Bartelink, Denominations of the Devil and Demons in the Missale Gothicum
Willemien Otten, Overshadowing or Foreshadowing Return: The Role of Demons in Eriugena's Periphyseon
Babette Hellemans, Horror vacui: Evil in the Incarnated World of the Bibles Moralisees
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