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Evil and the Devil
About this book
The problem of evil has preoccupied world religions for centuries. The Old Testament contained no uniform dogma on evil powers, launching a fierce debate that has dominated theological and philosophical thought through the centuries to this day.
Evil and the Devil brings together contributions from leading inter national scholars to chart that debate, tracing the history of evil from its origins in the Old Testament through early Judaism and the New Testament to the thought of Origen and one of the topic's most influential theologians, Augustine. What role did evil adopt in ancient Judaism? What impact did the association of miracles with demons have upon Matthew's Gospel? Evil and the Devil examines such questions, resulting in a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of portrayals of evil and its power and influence on religious thought.
Evil and the Devil brings together contributions from leading inter national scholars to chart that debate, tracing the history of evil from its origins in the Old Testament through early Judaism and the New Testament to the thought of Origen and one of the topic's most influential theologians, Augustine. What role did evil adopt in ancient Judaism? What impact did the association of miracles with demons have upon Matthew's Gospel? Evil and the Devil examines such questions, resulting in a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of portrayals of evil and its power and influence on religious thought.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Tables
- Introduction
- Chapter1 The Devil in the Old Testament
- Chapter 2 Evil in Second Temple Texts
- Chapter 3 The Demonic World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Chapter 4 The Devil in Rabbinic Literature
- Chapter 5 Miracles of the Devil and His Assistants in Early Judaism and Their Influence on the Gospel of Matthew
- Chapter 6 The Devil in the Gospel of Mark
- Chapter 7 Binding the Strong Man: Demon-Possession and Liberation in the Gospel of Luke
- Chapter 8 The Believing Jews as the Children of the Devil in John 8.44: Similarity as a Threat to Social Identity
- Chapter 9 Paul and the Evil One
- Chapter 10 1 Peter and the Lion
- Chapter 11 The Dangerous Loser: The Narrative and Rhetorical Function of the Devil as Character in the Book of Revelation
- Chapter 12 “Evil is not a Nature”: Origen on Evil and the Devil
- Chapter 13 Augustine and Evil
- Bibliography
- Index of Sources
- Index of Scholars
- Index of Subjects
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