Evil and the devil
By: edited by Ida Fröhlich and Erkki Koskenniemi
Series: International studies on Christian origins; Library of New Testament studies -- 481; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of New Testament studies; Library of New Testament studies -- 481.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780567371485
Subjects: Das Böse; Devil; Judaism; Rabbinische Literatur; Frühjudentum; Christianity; Bibel; Teufel; Dämon; Good and evil
Description: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing

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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-232) and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: The devil in the Old Testament  -- Antti Laato; title: Evil in Second Temple texts  -- Ida Fröhlich; title: The demonic world of the Dead Sea scrolls  -- Loren T. Stuckenbruck; title: The devil in rabbinic literature  -- Gottfried Reeg; title: Miracles of the devil and his assistants in early Judaism and their influence on the Gospel of Matthew  -- Erkki Koskenniemi; title: The devil in the Gospel of Mark  -- Jan Dochhorn; title: Binding the strong man : demon-possession and liberation in the Gospel of Luke  -- Márta Cserháti; title: The believing Jews as the children of the devil in John 8:44 : similarity as a threat to social identity  -- Raimo Hakola; title: Paul and the evil one  -- Michael Becker; title: 1 Peter and the Lion  -- Lauri Thurén; title: The dangerous loser : the narrative and rhetorical function of the devil as character in the book of Revelation  -- Michael Labahn; title: "Evil is not a nature" : Origen on evil and the devil  -- Anna Tzvetkova-Glaser; title: Augustine and evil -- Frederick Van Fleteren.