{"product_id":"demons-in-early-judaism-and-christianity-characters-and-characteristics-9789004517141","title":"Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity: Characters and Characteristics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Notes on Contributors    Introduction   Hector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl    1 Demonic Exegesis   Hector M. Patmore    2 Δαίμονες and Demons in Hellenistic Judaism: Continuities and Transformations   Anna Angelini    3 The Demon Asmodeus in the Tobit Tradition: His Nature and Character   Beate Ego    4 Paul’s Suprahumanizing Exegesis: Rewriting the Defeat of God’s Enemies in 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians   John K. Goodrich    5 Courting Daimons in Corinth: Daimonic Partnerships, Cosmic Hierarchies and Divine Jealousy in 1 Corinthians 8–10   Matthew Sharp    6 Demons and Vices in Early Christianity   Tom de Bruin    7 The ‘Demonogony’ of Tatian’s Oratio ad Graecos: Jewish and Greek Influences   Josef Lössl    8 St. Jerome, Demons, and Jewish Tradition   C. T. R. Hayward    9 Demonic “Tollhouses” and Visions of the Afterlife in Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria’s Homily: De exitu animi   Emmanouela Grypeou    10 The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos Graffito   Hagit Amirav and Peter-Ben Smit    11 Negotiating Danger: Demonic Manipulations in Jewish Babylonia   Alexander W. Marcus    12 Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique Judaism   Ilaria Briata    13 The King of Demons in the Universe of the Rabbis   Reuven Kiperwasser    14 The Gender and Sexuality of Demons in the Art of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls   Naama Vilozny    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210845413719,"sku":"9789004517141","price":132.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/demons-in-early-judaism-and-christianity-characters-and-characteristics-9789004517141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}