Dumping Your Toxic Waste Abroad: Exorcism and Healing in Zechariah’s Vision Report and Beyond

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

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Abstract

Zechariah's vision report (Zech 1:7-6:15) is filled to the brim with the weird and the marvellous. In the present paper, I shall explore the notion of exorcism and healing as portrayed in the vision report and in its later reception. I shall interact with three main texts - Zech 3; 5:1-4; and 5:5-11 - and explore how they, each in a distinct manner, portray the expulsion of evil. At times, I shall use the term "exorcism", a term derived from the Greek εξορκισμός. In it's original sense, it means "to bind by oath," and denotes the practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHealing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
EditorsTommy Wasserman, Mikael Tellbe
Place of PublicationTübingen, Germany
PublisherMohr Siebeck
Pages11-31
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-16-158937-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-16-158936-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

Publication series

NameWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
PublisherMohr Siebeck
Number2
Volume511
ISSN (Print)0340-9570
ISSN (Electronic)2568-7484

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