Gut und Böse in Mensch und Welt

Zusatztext

Questions about the origins and reality of good and evil and about their mutual relationship play a central part in the history of philosophy and religion from their very beginning. Giving answers to these questions had a decisive influence on how the world and its civilization(s) as well as human beings and their ethics were perceived in their relations to higher beings (god or gods). The contributions within this conference volume illustrate which concepts regarding these questions were developed in ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean, from the early literatures of Egypt and Mesopotamia, Iran and Greece to biblical, Qumranic and ancient Christian texts as well as the writings of the Manichaeans and the Quran. Thus this volume gives a representative overview of the responses of the ancient world to one of the fundamental questions of mankind.

Autorenportrait

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (Herausgegeben von) Born 1957; 1976-81 studies in Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Cologne; 1981 doctorate; 1987 habilitation; 1992-2001 full professor of Classical Philology at the University of Bern; university professor of Classical Philology at the Georg August University of Göttingen. Florian Wilk (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1961; 1981-88 Studium der Ev. Theologie in Göttingen und St. Andrews; 1996 Promotion und 2001 Habilitation an der Theologischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; seit 2003 Professor für Neues Testament an der Theologischen Fakultät der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

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