Demons and the Devil in ancient and medieval Christianity / edited by Nienke Vos and Willemien Otten.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 108
• TeilnehmendeR: Vos, Nienke.; Otten, Willemien.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 108.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Notes: Based on a conference held Oct. 6-7, 2006 in Heeze, Netherlands.; Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Demons And The Devil In Ancient And Medieval Christianity: Introduction, Summary, Reflection /; Monotheismus und Teufelsglaube: Entstehung und Psychologie des biblischen Satansmythos /; Stoics On Souls And Demons: Reconstructing Stoic Demonology /; Demons And Exorcisms In The Gospel Of Mark /; The Application Of Magical Formulas Of Invocation In Christian Contexts /; Exorcism: Tackling The Devil By Word Of Mouth /; Justin Martyr And His Demon-Ridden Universe /; Demons Without And Within: The Representation Of Demons, The Saint, And The Soul In Early Christian Lives, Letters And Sayings /; Demons Among The Messalians /; Denominations Of The Devil And Demons In the Missale Gothicum /; Overshadowing Or Foreshadowing Return: The Role Of Demons In Eriugena’s Periphyseon /; Horror Vacui: Evil In The Incarnated World Of The Bibles Moralisées /; Index Locorum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283161249; 9786613161246; 9004208054
• ISSN: 0920-623X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Nienke Vos and Willemien Otten.

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.