"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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Old Testament essays
Jahr: 2017, Band: N.S.30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 348-366 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik CA Christentum HB Altes Testament NBH Angelologie; Dämonologie |
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Teufel
B Religionsgeschichte B Satan Persian dualism Social-theological diagnostics 1 Chronicles 21:1 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n2a10 |