"Satan made me do it!": the development of a Satan figure as social-theological diagnostic strategy from the late Persian imperial era to early Christianity
The purpose of this article is, first of all, to provide a short overview of the socio-religious development to personalise evil into a Satan figure alongside God. Thereafter, I will provide one biblical example which stands at the beginning of this development, namely 1 Chr 21. This text analysis w...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2017, Volume: N.S.30, Issue: 2, Pages: 348-366 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CA Christianity HB Old Testament NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
Devil
B History of religion B Satan Persian dualism Social-theological diagnostics 1 Chronicles 21:1 |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The purpose of this article is, first of all, to provide a short overview of the socio-religious development to personalise evil into a Satan figure alongside God. Thereafter, I will provide one biblical example which stands at the beginning of this development, namely 1 Chr 21. This text analysis will merely serve as one example to illustrate the relationship between the socio-religious developments in the Second Temple period and biblical textual formation through the reinterpretation of earlier traditions. In a last section, I will reflect on how our awareness of this relationship between socio-religious development and reinterpretation affects how Christian theology participates in social-theological diagnostics today. |
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| ISSN: | 1010-9919 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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