Demons In Early Judaism And Christianity Characters And Characteristics Hector M Patmore Josef Lssl by Hector M. Patmore; Josef Lössl 9789004518148, 9789004517141, 9004518142, 9004517146 instant download after payment.

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’.
 
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This volume will be of relevance to specialists and post-graduate students interested in Jewish and Christian thought in the period 300 BCE until 500 CE.