1902 Demoniac Possession New Testament Alexander Demonology Occult Scarce
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Genre: Religion / Demonology / Biblical Studies / Occult History / Medical History
Description:
A scarce original 1902 study of demonology, possession, exorcism, magic, mental illness, and supernatural belief in the New Testament world. Demoniac Possession in the New Testament: Its Relations Historical, Medical, and Theological was written by physician and theologian William Menzies Alexander and published in Edinburgh by T. & T. Clark.
Written during a period when medicine, psychology, theology, and psychical research increasingly overlapped, Alexander examines the possessed individuals described in the Gospels and considers whether their conditions should be understood as literal demonic possession, physical or psychological illness, religious experience, or some combination of these explanations. The work explores historic demonology, Jewish and pagan supernatural traditions, spirits and demons, incantations, exorcism, “white” and “black” magic, occult practices, hallucinations, delusions, epilepsy, insanity, and the medical interpretation of behavior once attributed to supernatural forces.
The author also analyzes Christ’s encounters with possessed individuals and considers the subject from historical, medical, scriptural, and theological perspectives. This is an unusually substantial early work connecting biblical demonology with the developing medical and psychological ideas of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—an excellent primary source for collectors and researchers interested in demonology, exorcism, occult history, abnormal psychology, comparative religion, and changing attitudes toward mental illness.
The main text and indexes conclude on numbered page 291, followed by approximately 15 additional numbered pages of period publisher advertisements for theological and biblical works.
Hardcover former institutional library copy with expected library stamps, labels, checkout card and pocket, identification numbers, and related markings. The inner hinges are cracked and show separation, though the text block remains housed within the covers. Exterior and interior surfaces show rubbing, edge and corner wear, aging, soiling, and handling marks. Pages show general toning with scattered spotting, minor marks, and occasional edge wear. Some publisher-advertisement leaves at the rear have edge chipping and small losses, as shown. No dust jacket. Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact condition of this uncommon 1902 volume.
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1902 Demoniac Possession New Testament Alexander Demonology Occult Scarce
$300.00
Description:
A scarce original 1902 study of demonology, possession, exorcism, magic, mental illness, and supernatural belief in the New Testament world. Demoniac Possession in the New Testament: Its Relations Historical, Medical, and Theological was written by physician and theologian William Menzies Alexander and published in Edinburgh by T. & T. Clark.
Written during a period when medicine, psychology, theology, and psychical research increasingly overlapped, Alexander examines the possessed individuals described in the Gospels and considers whether their conditions should be understood as literal demonic possession, physical or psychological illness, religious experience, or some combination of these explanations. The work explores historic demonology, Jewish and pagan supernatural traditions, spirits and demons, incantations, exorcism, “white” and “black” magic, occult practices, hallucinations, delusions, epilepsy, insanity, and the medical interpretation of behavior once attributed to supernatural forces.
The author also analyzes Christ’s encounters with possessed individuals and considers the subject from historical, medical, scriptural, and theological perspectives. This is an unusually substantial early work connecting biblical demonology with the developing medical and psychological ideas of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—an excellent primary source for collectors and researchers interested in demonology, exorcism, occult history, abnormal psychology, comparative religion, and changing attitudes toward mental illness.
The main text and indexes conclude on numbered page 291, followed by approximately 15 additional numbered pages of period publisher advertisements for theological and biblical works.
Hardcover former institutional library copy with expected library stamps, labels, checkout card and pocket, identification numbers, and related markings. The inner hinges are cracked and show separation, though the text block remains housed within the covers. Exterior and interior surfaces show rubbing, edge and corner wear, aging, soiling, and handling marks. Pages show general toning with scattered spotting, minor marks, and occasional edge wear. Some publisher-advertisement leaves at the rear have edge chipping and small losses, as shown. No dust jacket. Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact condition of this uncommon 1902 volume.
SKU V/1