Demons in the Details

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Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique Babylonia

By Sara Ronis

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Demons in the Details by Sara Ronis delves into the intricate ways demons and demonology are depicted and interpreted in historical texts. The author explores their significance in shaping religious, cultural, and military narratives throughout history. By examining these demonological themes, Ronis sheds light on broader cultural anxieties and societal norms of the past.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by ancient history and the interplay between demonology and society. It offers a detailed exploration of how demons were integrated into early Jewish culture, providing insights into historical beliefs and their impact on law and daily life. This work will appeal to those intrigued by the way supernatural elements influence cultural and religious developments throughout history.

Demons in the Details

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The Babylonian Talmud is full of stories of demonic encounters and laws that attempt to regulate those encounters. In this book, Sara Ronis takes the reader on a journey across the rabbinic canon, exploring how Late Antique rabbis imagined, feared, and controlled demons.

Ronis contextualizes the Talmud's thought within the rich cultural matrix of Sasanian Babylonia, putting rabbinic thinking in conversation with Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Syriac Christian, Zoroastrian, and Second Temple Jewish texts about demons. This exploration delves into the interactive communal context in which the rabbis created boundaries between the human and the supernatural, and between themselves and other religious communities.

Demons in the Details explores the wide range of approaches that the rabbis took to their neighbours' beliefs and practices, out of which they created a profoundly Jewish demonology.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520386174

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 316

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Ancient & Classical History Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Sara Ronis

About the Author

Sara Ronis is Associate Professor of Theology at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.