Das Böse, der Teufel und Dämonen - Evil, the Devil, and Demons

This collection of essays focuses on the question of »evil« in religious traditions that may be described as »monotheistic« or for which at least the rule of one main god over all other deities and powers is a key concern. The emphasis of this volume moves from the Hebrew scriptures to nascent Judaism and Christianity, and concludes with attention to the reception of traditions in Targumic literature and medieval legends. The articles in this volume demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which »evil« manifested itself in the literature of ancient Judaism and Christianity. Authors address continuities, innovations, and divergences within these different but related traditions, with questions about the location of evil externally, as a demon or a devil, or internally, as the human capacity for evil. Additionally, when dualism is formative for constructions of evil in Jewish and Christian literature, care is taken to develop forms in which evil is ultimately subordinated to God and the good.Susanne Rudnig-Zelt: Einleitung Altes Testament/Old TestamentSusanne Rudnig-Zelt: Der Teufel und der alttestamentliche Monotheismus - Markus Saur: Der Blick in den Abgrund. Bilder des Bösen in der alttestamentlichen Weisheitsliteratur QumranMatthew Goff: Enochic Literature and the Persistence of Evil: Giants and Demons, Satan and Azazel - Miryam T. Brand: Belial, Free Will, and Identity-Building in the Community Rule - Matthew Goff: A Seductive Demoness at Qumran? Lilith, Female Demons and 4Q184 Neues Testament/New TestamentMichael Morris: Apotropaic Inversion in the Temptation and at Qumran - Benjamin Wold: Apotropaic Prayer and the Matthean Lord's Prayer - Erkki Koskenniemi: »For we are unaware of his schemes«: Satan and Cosmological Dualism in the Gentile Mission - Jan Dochhorn: Die Bestrafung des Unzuchtsünders in 1. Kor 5,5: Satanologische, anthro-pologische und theologische Implikationen - Oda Wischmeyer: Zwischen Gut und Böse. Teufel, Dämonen, das Böse und der Kosmos im Jakobusbrief - Jan Dochhorn: Kain, der Sohn des Teufels. Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zu 1. Joh 3,12 Spätantike und Mittelalter/Late Antiquity and Middle AgesHector M. Patmore: Demons in Targum Jonathan. A Study of 2 Sam. 22.5; Isa. 13.21; 34.14; Hab. 3.5. - Jörn Bockmann: Judas und St. Brandan: Der Sünder, der Heilige und die Sabbatruhe von den Höllenqualen Übergreifende Perspektiven/General PerspectivesRyan E. Stokes: What is a Demon, What is an Evil Spirit, and What is a Satan?