Table of Contents
Preface.
List of Abbreviations.
A Note on Style.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
1.1 Unclean Spirits: The Status
Quaestionis.
1.1.1 Commentaries on Mark
1.21-28.
1.1.2 A Sampling of Research
Touching on the Impurity of Spirits.
1.2 The Need for the Present
Study..
1.3 Purity in Early Jewish and
Christian Literature.
1.3.1 Notions of Purity,
Impurity, and Holiness in the Hebrew Bible.
1.3.2 Notions of Purity and Impurity
in Hellenistic Jewish Literature.
1.3.3 New Testament Conceptions
of Purity and Impurity.
1.4 Delimitation, Method, and
Plan of the Study
1.4.1 Delimitation of the Study.
1.4.2 Method: Distinguishing
Tradition and Redaction Within the Narrative.
1.4.3 Plan of the Study...
Chapter 2 The Impurity of
Spirits in Jewish and Early Christian Literature.
2.1 The Impurity of Spirits in
the Hebrew Bible.
2.1.1 Spirits and Impurity...
2.1.2 The Impure Spirit of
Zechariah 13.2.
2.2 The Impurity of Spirits in
Later Jewish Literature.
2.2.1 Tobit.
2.2.2 Enoch.
2.2.3 Jubilees.
2.2.4 Qumran Literature...
2.2.4.1 References to Exorcism.
2.2.4.2 References to Impure
Spirits.
2.2.4.3 Other References to
Spirits and Impurity.
2.2.5 Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
2.2.6 The Writings of Philo and
Josephus.
2.2.7 Liber Antiquitatum
Biblicarum
2.2.8 Rabbinic Literature.
2.3 The Impurity of Spirits in
Early Christian Literature.
2.3.1 Jewish-Christian Writings.
2.3.2 Second-Century Christian
Writers.
2.3.3 Christian Writers of the
Third and Fourth Centuries.
2.4 Summary.
Chapter 3 The Impurity of
Spirits in Mark
3.1 Mark and Purity.
3.1.1 Two Baptisms.
3.1.2 Eating Controversies.
3.1.3 Teaching about 'Leaven'.
3.1.4 Temple Confrontation.
3.1.5 Healing Miracles.
3.2 Impurity of Spirits in Mark:
Tradition, Redaction, Narrative
3.2.1 Spirits in Mark.
3.2.2 Exorcisms in Mark
3.2.2.1 Exorcism in the Capernaum
Synagogue (1.21-28).
Excursus: Markan Summaries
(1.32-34, 39; 3.11)
3.2.2.2 The Gerasene Demoniac
(5.1-20).
Excursus: The Role of the
Gentiles
3.2.2.3 The Syro-Phoenician
Woman's Daughter (7.24-30).
3.2.2.4 The Spirit-Possessed Boy
(9.14-29).
3.2.2.5 The Strange Exorcist
(9.38-41).
3.2.3 Other References to Impure
Spirits in Mark.
3.2.3.1 The Beelzebul Controversy
(3.22-30).
3.2.3.2 Sending of the Twelve
(6.6b-13).
3.3 Summary.
Chapter 4 The Impurity of
Spirits in Matthew.
4.1 Matthew and Purity.
4.1.1 Apophthegms of Jesus.
4.1.2 The Hand-Washing Dispute
4.1.3 Place of the Temple.
4.1.4 Healing Miracles.
4.2 Impurity of Spirits in
Matthew: Tradition, Redaction, Narrative
4.2.1 Spirits in Matthew.
4.2.2 Exorcisms in Matthew.
4.2.2.1 The Gadarene Demoniac
(8.28-34/Mark 5.1-20).
4.2.2.2 The Mute Demoniac
(9.32-34).
4.2.2.3 The Beelzebul Controversy
(12.22-32/Luke 11.14-23, 12.10).
4.2.2.4 Return of the Impure
Spirit (12.43-45/Luke 11.24-26).
4.2.2.5 The Canaanite Woman's
Daughter (15.21-28/Mark 7.24-30)
4.2.2.6 The Demon-Possessed Boy
(17.14-21/Mark 9.14-29).
4.2.3 Other References to Impure
Spirits in Matthew.
4.2.3.1 Expelling Spirits with a
Word (8.16).
4.2.3.2 The Mission Discourse
(10.1-25).
4.2.3.3 Accusing John of Having a
Demon (11.18/Luke 7.33).
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 The Impurity of
Spirits in Luke-Acts.
5.1 Luke and Purity.
5.1.1 Relation Between Ritual and
Moral Purity.
5.1.2 Relation with Gentiles.
5.1.3 Healing Miracles....
5.2 Impurity of Spirits in
Luke-Acts: Tradition, Redaction, Narrative.
5.2.1 The Spirit World of
Luke-Acts.
5.2.2 Exorcisms in Luke.
5.2.2.1 Exorcism in the Capernaum
Synagogue (Luke 4.31-37)
5.2.2.2 The Gerasene Demoniac
(Luke 8.26-39/Mark 5.1-20).
5.2.2.3 The Spirit-Possessed Boy
(Luke 9.37-43a/Mark 9.14-29).
5.2.2.4 The Beelzebul Controversy
(Luke 11.14-23).
5.2.2.5 Return of the Impure
Spirit (Luke 11.24-26/Matt. 12.43-45).
5.2.3 Other References to Impure
Spirits in Luke
5.2.3.1 Exorcisms as Healings
5.2.3.2 Healings as Exorcisms.
5.2.4 Impure Spirits in Acts.
5.2.4.1 Acts 5.16
5.2.4.2 Acts 8.7
5.2.4.3 Later Exorcisms in Acts
5.3 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Association of Demonic
Spirits with Impurity
6.2 Synthesis of Jewish and Early
Christian Conceptions
6.3 Synoptic Portrayals...
Appendix 1 Designations for Evil
Powers in the New Testament
Appendix 2 Source Analysis of the
Beelzebul Pericope...
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modern Authors.
Index of Subjects and Key Terms.
