Nightmares with the Bible: the good book and cinematic demons
Demons, as viewed through popular culture and history, are nightmares. This book considers demonic possession both historically and through the lenses of several popular movies that focus on exorcism.
| Summary: | Demons, as viewed through popular culture and history, are nightmares. This book considers demonic possession both historically and through the lenses of several popular movies that focus on exorcism. Cover -- Praise for Nightmares with the Bible: The Good Book and Cinematic Demons -- Nightmares with the Bible -- Series -- Nightmares with the BibleThe Good Book and CinematicDemons -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Introducing Demons -- The Exorcist -- Poe's Insight -- Science and Demons -- The Matrix of Demons -- Possession and Exorcism -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Possession -- Good or Bad? -- Non-Monotheistic Possession -- Hebrew Bible Possession -- Unclean Spirits -- Religious Explanations -- Inviting Possession -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Demonic Beginnings -- Before the Bible -- Hebrew Bible Demons -- The Hebrew Bible and Monotheism -- Zoroastrians and the Devil -- Hell -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Developing Demons -- Demons at the Crossroads -- Tobit -- The Watchers: 1 Enoch and Jubilees -- Testament of Solomon -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- New Testament Demons, the Devil, and Hell -- Synoptic Survey -- Outside the Gospels -- New Testament Devil -- From Sheol to Hell -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Setting the Stage -- The Science of Demons -- Bookish Demons -- Monastic Demons -- Incubi, Succubi, and Demoniac Behavior -- Demons and Witches -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- Demons -- What's So Funny about Demons? -- Ghostbusters (1984) -- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) -- Dogma (1999) -- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) -- Drag Me to Hell (2009) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- The Conjuring Universe -- The Nun (2018) -- Annabelle: Creation (2017) -- Annabelle (2014) -- The Conjuring (2013) -- Annabelle Comes Home (2019) -- The Conjuring 2 (2016) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 9 -- Amityville Horrors -- The Amityville Horror (1979) -- Amityville II: The Possession (1982) -- Amityville III: The Demon, also known as Amityville 3-D (1983). |
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| ISBN: | 1978703198 |