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On the Origin of the Archdemon Beelzebul/Beelzebub
- 1.0543015 - FLÚ 2022 RIV BE eng J - Journal Article
Cielontko, Dávid
On the Origin of the Archdemon Beelzebul/Beelzebub.
Biblica. Roč. 102, č. 1 (2021), s. 68-77. ISSN 0006-0887. E-ISSN 0006-0887
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-02741S
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : demon * Beelzebul * Synoptics * Satan * enemy
OECD category: Theology
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.2143/BIB.102.1.3289354
The article offers additional support for a marginal proposal among the scholars that connects the meaning of the name Beelzebul/Beelzebub with the Aramaic word בעיל דבבא / בעיל דבב meaning “enemy, accuser”. The suggestion is to understand this name in the context of the formation of other archdemons (Satan, Mastema and Belial) in early Jewish demonology. It exhibits a common pattern of “making an archdemon” within which it situates the origin of Beelzebul/Beelzebub.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0320342
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