Space, Place, and the Race for Power: Rabbis, Demons, and the Construction of Babylonia

Autor:	Sara Ronis
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Power (social and political) Late Antiquity Harm History Community building Antique media_common.quotation_subject Religious studies Ancient history Creativity Identity formation Order (virtue) media_common
Zdroj:	Harvard Theological Review. 110:588-603
ISSN:	1475-4517 0017-8160
DOI:	10.1017/s0017816017000281
Popis:	The late antique world was filled with demons. These demons were constantly present and always at the ready to attack unsuspecting humans. Like almost everyone else in late antiquity, the rabbis of Sasanian Babylonia were aware of demonic threats and took steps to protect themselves and their communities from harm. But while demons were a danger, they were also an opportunity for creativity, identity formation, and community building for the rabbis. In fact, some Babylonian rabbis “thought with” demons in order to organize their environment and imbue their world with larger spatial meanings.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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