Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity : : Characters and Characteristics / / edited by Hector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl.
This volume sheds light on how Jews and Christians in Antiquity understood the nature and characteristics of demons. The contributions cover a wide range of corpora and explore aspects of continuity and change as ideas flowed between groups and cultures.
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| Superior document: | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity ; 113 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity ;
113. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (349 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction / Hector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl
- 1 Demonic Exegesis / Hector M. Patmore
- 2 Δαίμονες and Demons in Hellenistic Judaism: Continuities and Transformations / Anna Angelini
- 3 The Demon Asmodeus in the Tobit Tradition: His Nature and Character
- Beate Ego
- 4 Paul’s Suprahumanizing Exegesis: Rewriting the Defeat of God’s Enemies in 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians / John K. Goodrich
- 5 Courting Daimons in Corinth: Daimonic Partnerships, Cosmic Hierarchies and Divine Jealousy in 1 Corinthians 8–10 / Matthew Sharp
- 6 Demons and Vices in Early Christianity / Tom de Bruin
- 7 The ‘Demonogony’ of Tatian’s Oratio ad Graecos: Jewish and Greek Influences / Josef Lössl
- 8 St. Jerome, Demons, and Jewish Tradition / C. T. R. Hayward
- 9 Demonic “Tollhouses” and Visions of the Afterlife in Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria’s Homily: De exitu animi / Emmanouela Grypeou
- 10 The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos Graffito / Hagit Amirav and Peter-Ben Smit
- 11 Negotiating Danger: Demonic Manipulations in Jewish Babylonia / Alexander W. Marcus
- 12 Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique Judaism / Ilaria Briata
- 13 The King of Demons in the Universe of the Rabbis / Reuven Kiperwasser
- 14 The Gender and Sexuality of Demons in the Art of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls / Naama Vilozny
- Index.