History of Evil in Antiquity

<p>This first volume of <em>The History of Evil</em> covers Graeco-Roman, Indian, Near Eastern, and Eastern philosophy and religion from 2000 BCE to 450 CE. This book charts the foundations of the history of evil among the major philosophical traditions and world religions, beginning with the oldest recorded traditions: the Vedas and Upaniṣads, Confucianism and Daoism, and Buddhism, and continuing through Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian schools of thought. This cutting-edge treatment of the history of evil at its crucial and determinative inception will appeal to those with particular interests in the ancient period and early theories and ideas of evil and good, as well as those seeking an understanding of how later philosophical and religious developments were conditioned and shaped.</p> <p>1. Ancient Israel – Rüdiger Schmitt</p><p></p><p>2. The Book of Job – Katherine Dell </p><p></p><p>3. Early Christian Thought – Charles Taliaferro</p><p></p><p>4. Saint Paul – Timothy Gombis</p><p></p><p>5. Early Zoroastrian Thought – Jenny Rose</p><p></p><p>6. Manichaeism – Michael Mendelson</p><p></p><p>7. The Gnostics – Giovanni Filoramo</p><p></p><p>8. The Presocratics – Vicki L. Harper</p><p></p><p>9. Socrates and Plato – Sophie Grace Chappell</p><p></p><p>10. Aristotle – Tom Angier</p><p></p><p>11. Epicureanism – Thomas A. Blackson</p><p></p><p>12. The Stoics – John Sellars</p><p></p><p>13. Scepticism – Richard Bett</p><p></p><p>14. Neoplatonism – Kevin Corrigan</p><p></p><p>15. Philo of Alexandria – Marian Hillar</p><p></p><p>16. Evil in Graeco-Roman Religion and Literature – Rocki Wentzel</p><p></p><p>17. Vedas and Upanisads – Shyam Ranganathan</p><p></p><p>18. Buddhism – Peter Harvey</p><p></p><p>19. Ancient China – Randall L. Nadeau</p><p></p><p>20. Representations of Evil – Dale Jacquette</p>