Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction / / Hector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl 1 Demonic Exegesis / / Hector M. Patmore 2 Δαίμονες and Demons in Hellenistic Judaism: Continuities and Transformations / / Anna Angelini 3 The Demon Asmodeus in the Tobit Tradition: His Nature and Character Beate Ego 4 Paul’s Suprahumanizing Exegesis: Rewriting the Defeat of God’s Enemies in 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians / / John K. Goodrich 5 Courting Daimons in Corinth: Daimonic Partnerships, Cosmic Hierarchies and Divine Jealousy in 1 Corinthians 8–10 / / Matthew Sharp 6 Demons and Vices in Early Christianity / / Tom de Bruin 7 The ‘Demonogony’ of Tatian’s Oratio ad Graecos: Jewish and Greek Influences / / Josef Lössl 8 St. Jerome, Demons, and Jewish Tradition / / C. T. R. Hayward 9 Demonic “Tollhouses” and Visions of the Afterlife in Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria’s Homily: De exitu animi / / Emmanouela Grypeou 10 The Naked Demon: Alternative Interpretations of the Alexamenos Graffito / / Hagit Amirav and Peter-Ben Smit 11 Negotiating Danger: Demonic Manipulations in Jewish Babylonia / / Alexander W. Marcus 12 Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique Judaism / / Ilaria Briata 13 The King of Demons in the Universe of the Rabbis / / Reuven Kiperwasser 14 The Gender and Sexuality of Demons in the Art of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls / / Naama Vilozny Index. |