Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity

Hector M. Patmore, Ph.D. (2008), University of Durham, is Associate Professor at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He has published books and articles on demonology, including Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre (Brill, 2012) and The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity (with J.K. Aitken and I. Rosen-Zvi; CUP, 2021). He was Principal Investigator for the project “Demonic Exegesis: The Role of Biblical Interpretation and Exegetical Encounter in the Shaping of Jewish and Christian Demonologies,” funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionHector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl1 Demonic ExegesisHector M. Patmore2 Δαίμονες and Demons in Hellenistic Judaism: Continuities and TransformationsAnna Angelini3 The Demon Asmodeus in the Tobit Tradition: His Nature and CharacterBeate Ego4 Paul’s Suprahumanizing Exegesis: Rewriting the Defeat of God’s Enemies in 1 Corinthians, Romans, and EphesiansJohn K. Goodrich5 Courting Daimons in Corinth: Daimonic Partnerships, Cosmic Hierarchies and Divine Jealousy in 1 Corinthians 8–10Matthew Sharp6 Demons and Vices in Early ChristianityTom de Bruin7 The ‘Demonogony’ of Tatian’s Oratio ad Graecos: Jewish and Greek InfluencesJosef Lössl8 St. Jerome, Demons, and Jewish TraditionC. T. R. Hayward9 Demonic “Tollhouses” and Visions of the Afterlife in Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria’s Homily: De exitu animiEmmanouela Grypeou10 The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos GraffitoHagit Amirav and Peter-Ben Smit11 Negotiating Danger: Demonic Manipulations in Jewish BabyloniaAlexander W. Marcus12 Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique JudaismIlaria Briata13 The King of Demons in the Universe of the RabbisReuven Kiperwasser14 The Gender and Sexuality of Demons in the Art of the Aramaic Incantation BowlsNaama ViloznyIndex