The Pertinence of the Idea of Pact with a Malignant Entity in the Hebrew Bible
This article briefly examines the pertinence of the idea of the demonic covenant in the Hebrew Bible. Although widespread in Christian and pagan imagery, the notion of an evil force making pacts with human beings is far from being endorsed by this book. Rather, it is the divinity that establishes th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/14457 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14457 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bíblica Hebraica Pacto Diabo Hebrew Bible Pact Evil |
| Sumario: | This article briefly examines the pertinence of the idea of the demonic covenant in the Hebrew Bible. Although widespread in Christian and pagan imagery, the notion of an evil force making pacts with human beings is far from being endorsed by this book. Rather, it is the divinity that establishes this covenant relationship with humans. The covenant between God and Abraham is thus analyzed as a classic example of agreement between a human being and a supernatural force, questioning the idea of a pact with Evil. Even the existence of an essentially malignant entity opposing God is not fully justified, in the Hebrew Bible; being much more a Christian creation than a Jewish one. |
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