"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: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 348-366 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ History
/ Devil
/ Bible. Chronicle 1. 21,1
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CA Christianity HB Old Testament NBH Angelology; demonology |
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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: | 2312-3621 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n2a10 HDL: 10520/EJC-98b27053d |