Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity

Characters and Characteristics
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51714-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 113, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 709 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

For Jews and Christians in Antiquity beliefs about demons were integral to their reflections on fundamental theological questions, but what kind of ‘being’ did they consider demons to be? To what extent were they thought to be embodied? Were demons thought of as physical entities or merely as metaphors for social and psychological realities? What is the relation between demons and the hypostatization of abstract concepts (fear, impurity, etc) and baleful phenomenon such as disease? These are some of the questions that this volume addresses by focussing on the nature and characteristics of demons — what one might call ‘demonic ontology’.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Patmore, Hector M.

Lössl, Josef

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Hector M. Patmore, Ph.D. (2008), University of Durham, is Associate Professor at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He has published books and articles on demonology, including Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre (Brill, 2012) and The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity (with J.K. Aitken and I. Rosen-Zvi; CUP, 2021). He was Principal Investigator for the project “Demonic Exegesis: The Role of Biblical Interpretation and Exegetical Encounter in the Shaping of Jewish and Christian Demonologies,” funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.