In Defence of New Testament Satanologies: A Response to Farrar and Williams
Satan is a key figure in many New Testament books. The authors of these books build on hugely diverse Second Temple traditions and themes. A recurring trend in New Testament Satanology is to assume or argue for a monolithic image of Satan throughout the New Testament. This trend is seen, most recent...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the New Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2022, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 435-451 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Beelzebul, Demon
/ Devil
/ śaṭan
/ Bible. Markusevangelium 3,20-30
/ Temptation
/ Bible. Lukasevangelium 22
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | Satan is a key figure in many New Testament books. The authors of these books build on hugely diverse Second Temple traditions and themes. A recurring trend in New Testament Satanology is to assume or argue for a monolithic image of Satan throughout the New Testament. This trend is seen, most recently, in Farrar and Williams’s (2016) argument for a distinct, coherent Satanology, published in this journal. Such a uniform New Testament Satanology is untenable: there is only evidence of New Testament Satanologies. Within the 27 books of the New Testament, and indeed within works of a single author, various – sometimes almost contradictory – Satanologies are evident. As such, the New Testament authors continue the Second Temple trend of diverse Satan traditions, and any examination of Satan should keep this front and centre. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X211045311 |