Demons and the Devil in Ancient and Medieval Christianity

Nienke Vos, Ph.D. (2003), Utrecht University, is Associate Professor of Patristics in the Classics Department of VU University, Amsterdam. She has published essays on hagiography and the use of Scripture, and is a member of the Dutch Center for Patristic Research (CPO).Willemien Otten, Ph.D. (1989), University of Amsterdam, is Professor of the Theology and History of Christianity at the University of Chicago. She has published on Western medieval and early Christian theology, ranging from Tertullian to the twelfth century. With Karla Pollmann (St. Andrews) she edits the Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine.

• Nienke Vos, Demons and the Devil in Ancient and Medieval Christianity: Introduction, Summary, ReflectionGerd Theißen, Monotheismus und Teufelsglaube: Entstehung und Psychologie des biblischen SatansmythosKeimpe Algra, Stoics on Souls and Demons: Reconstructing Stoic DemonologyThe New Testament and its Reception in Early ChristianityGeert van Oyen, Demons and Exorcisms in the Gospel of MarkHagit Amirav, The Application of Magical Formulas of Invocation in Christian ContextsToon Bastiaensen, Exorcism: Tackling the Devil by Word of MouthAncient ChristianityTheodoor Korteweg, Justin Martyr and his Demon-ridden UniverseNienke Vos, Demons Without and Within: The Representation of Demons, the Saint, and the Soul in Early Christian Lives, Letters and SayingsBoudewijn Dehandschutter, Demons among the MessaliansMedieval ChristianityGerard Bartelink, Denominations of the Devil and Demons in the Missale Gothi¬cumWillemien Otten, Overshadowing or Foreshadowing Return: The Role of Demons in Eriugena’s PeriphyseonBabette Hellemans, Horror vacui: Evil in the Incarnated World of the Bibles Moralisées

"...excellent collection of articles [...] The essays contained in this volume are generally superb. [...]students and scholars interested in early Christian demonology will be well served by this valuable collection on a dark subject." – Dennis P. Quinn, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in: Religious Studies Review 38/2 (2012)