Description: English summary: This trilingual collection contains studies on how the literary guises of God's enemies originated, how they were presented and what meaning they held in the Jewish Holy Scriptures, the Christian Bible, ancient and rabbinical Jewish writings, in early Christianity and in gnostic texts. Exegetic-philological, history of religion, Jewish- as well as conceptual and history of theology aspects are all comprehensively dealt with. Scholars from the universities of Strasbourg, Tubingen and Uppsala's evangelical theology faculties examine Satan, Beelzebub, the Anti-Christ, the diabolical, demons, evil intent and other God-opposing forces, as well as the Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier's treatment of evil, in their contributions. German description: Der dreisprachige Sammelband enthalt Untersuchungen zur Entstehung der literarischen Gestalt des Widersachers Gottes und zu ihrer Darstellung und Deutung in den judischen heiligen Schriften, in der christlichen Bibel, in Texten des antiken und rabbinischen Judentums und der Alten Kirche sowie in gnostischen Texten. Avec des contributions de/Mit Beitragen von: Gabriella Aragione, Volker Henning Drecoll, Goran Eidevall, Tord Fornberg, Christian Grappe, Gabriella Gustafsson, Gudrun Holtz, Jan Joosten, James A. Kelhoffer, Mikael Larsson, Martin Leuenberger, Hermann Lichtenberger, Matthias Morgenstern, Anna-Maria Schwemer, Michael Theobald, Madeleine Wieger
Brief description: Born 1968; studied theology in Münster; 1996 doctorate; 1998 habilitation; Professor of Church History in Tübingen, with a focus on the Early Church; Ephorus of Evangelisches Stift Tübingen.