Demons and the Devil in ancient and medieval Christianity /

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-r...

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Other Authors: Vos, Nienke., Otten, Willemien.

Format: eBook

Language: English
German

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 108.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004308961.

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Call Number: BT975 .D47 2011eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • N. Vos and W. Otten
  • Demons And The Devil In Ancient And Medieval Christianity: Introduction, Summary, Reflection /
  • Nienke Vos
  • Monotheismus und Teufelsglaube: Entstehung und Psychologie des biblischen Satansmythos /
  • Gerd Theißen
  • Stoics On Souls And Demons: Reconstructing Stoic Demonology /
  • Keimpe Algra
  • Demons And Exorcisms In The Gospel Of Mark /
  • Geert Van Oyen
  • The Application Of Magical Formulas Of Invocation In Christian Contexts /
  • Hagit Amirav
  • Exorcism: Tackling The Devil By Word Of Mouth /
  • A.A.R. Bastiaensen
  • Justin Martyr And His Demon-Ridden Universe /
  • Theodoor Korteweg
  • Demons Without And Within: The Representation Of Demons, The Saint, And The Soul In Early Christian Lives, Letters And Sayings /
  • Nienke Vos
  • Demons Among The Messalians /
  • Boudewijn Dehandschutter
  • Denominations Of The Devil And Demons In the Missale Gothicum /
  • Gerard Bartelink
  • Overshadowing Or Foreshadowing Return: The Role Of Demons In Eriugena's Periphyseon /
  • Willemien Otten
  • Horror Vacui: Evil In The Incarnated World Of The Bibles Moralisées /
  • Babette Hellemans
  • Index Locorum /
  • N. Vos and W. Otten.