TY - BOOK ID - 101736984 TI - Demons in early Judaism and Christianity : characters and characteristics AU - Patmore, Hector M. AU - Lössl, Josef PY - 2022 SN - 9789004517141 9789004518148 9004517146 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Demonology. KW - Theology. KW - Judaism KW - Doctrines. KW - Ancient Judaism KW - Biblical Studies KW - Early Church & Patristics KW - Religion in Antiquity KW - Religion KW - Religious Studies KW - Ancient Near East and Egypt. KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Demonology KW - 235.2 KW - Academic collection KW - 235.2 Kwade engelen. Demonen. Demonologie. Duivel. Satan. Lucifer. Asmodeus. Beëlzebub. Mephistoteles KW - Kwade engelen. Demonen. Demonologie. Duivel. Satan. Lucifer. Asmodeus. Beëlzebub. Mephistoteles KW - Jewish theology KW - Theology, Jewish KW - Christian theology KW - Theology, Christian KW - Christianity KW - Demonology, Christian KW - Demons KW - Evil spirits KW - Spirits KW - Spiritual warfare KW - Doctrines KW - Démonologie juive. KW - Démonologie. KW - Théologie. KW - Judaïsme UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101736984 AB - "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'" ER -