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Demons and the Devil in Ancient and Medieval Christianity (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae - Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language)

By Willemien Otten , Nienke Vos

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2011
ISBN
900419617X, 9789004196179
LCC
BT975 .D47 2011
Google Books ID
z9qVZwEACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24839596M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2933182 bytes)
Series
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae - Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language
Pages
270\270
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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.

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