"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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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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[2017]
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Old Testament essays
Année: 2017, Volume: N.S.30, Numéro: 2, Pages: 348-366 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CA Christianisme HB Ancien Testament NBH Angélologie |
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B Histoire des religions B Satan Persian dualism Social-theological diagnostics 1 Chronicles 21:1 |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n2a10 |