Demonic Desires

Demonic Desires
Author: Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0812204204

In Demonic Desires, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the yetzer represents a general tendency toward evil. Rather than the lower bodily part of a human, the rabbinic yetzer is a wicked, sophisticated inciter, attempting to snare humans to sin. The rabbinic yetzer should therefore not be read in the tradition of the Hellenistic quest for control over the lower parts of the psyche, writes Rosen-Zvi, but rather in the tradition of ancient Jewish and Christian demonology. Rosen-Zvi conducts a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the evil yetzer in classical rabbinic literature to explore the biblical and postbiblical search for the sources of human sinfulness. By examining the yetzer within a specific demonological tradition, Demonic Desires places the yetzer discourse in the larger context of a move toward psychologization in late antiquity, in which evil—and even demons—became internalized within the human psyche. The book discusses various manifestations of this move in patristic and monastic material, from Clement and Origin to Antony, Athanasius, and Evagrius. It concludes with a consideration of the broader implications of the yetzer discourse in rabbinic anthropology.

Demonic Desires

Demonic Desires
Author: Mandy M. Roth
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Reform isn’t in every bad boy’s future…or past… Ava Fenaly knows a thing or two about magik, and she knows exactly what she’s doing when she summons a demon in her bedroom. Well, almost. Ava is convinced the exhilarating night of passion that follows is all a dream. It has to be, because she’s dead set against revisiting her past—and the horrors she left behind long ago. For the last three hundred plus years, Donatus Manlian has been living a peaceful life. Lonely, but peaceful. When the demon he has kept carefully locked within for centuries finally breaks free and responds to Ava’s call, the peace—and the loneliness—are gone. Now Donatus is forced to revisit tragedies long buried as he protects Ava from the evil that pursues her. But another evil lies within him—and now that it’s been awakened, the demon wants free. Genre: Paranormal romance, demon, shifter, vampire, valkyrie, myths, legends, alpha-male, redemption

Demonic Desires

Demonic Desires
Author: Emilia Rose
Publisher: Emilia Rose LLC
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2023-02-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Becoming a queen in Hell isn’t easy—even when you’re sleeping with the Devil. Armed with her tempting incubus boyfriend, Eros, and a dangerous, demonic power of her own, Dani is prepared to lead one of the most powerful kingdoms in Hell. She’s strong, smart, and so damn good at doing the one thing her virtuous mother told her never to do: sin. But, even in Hell, sinning comes at a cost… and that cost may be Dani’s sanity. She faces the three biggest threats of her life in the Underworld: A kingdom in chaos. A bitter best friend. And a demon out for a wrathful revenge. Will Dani and Eros be able to survive the madness that comes with leading the Kingdom of Lust? Or will they crumble to pieces from the pressure of it all? Demonic Desires is the second book in the Becoming Lust Trilogy. Fans of RL Caulder and KF Breene will fall in love with this demon romance.

Demonic Desires

Demonic Desires
Author: Diess
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-07-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954597211

Demonic Desires

Demonic Desires
Author: Mandy M. Roth
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-08-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781466250062

Reform isn't in every bad boy's future...or past... Ava Fenaly knows a thing or two about magik, and she knows exactly what she's doing when she summons a demon in her bedroom. Well, almost. Ava is convinced the exhilarating night of passion that follows is all a dream. It has to be, because she's dead set against revisiting her past-and the horrors she left behind long ago. For the last three hundred plus years, Donatus Manlian has been living a peaceful life. Lonely, but peaceful. When the demon he has kept carefully locked within for centuries finally breaks free and responds to Ava's call, the peace-and the loneliness-are gone. Now Donatus is forced to revisit tragedies long buried as he protects Ava from the evil that pursues her. But another evil lies within him-and now that it's been awakened, the demon wants free.

Dark Desires After Dusk

Dark Desires After Dusk
Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1849834253

Nothing will stop Cadeon of the Rage Demons from finding the means to atone for the one wrong that haunts him. But once he captures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, he finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. Raised as a human, Holly Ashwin never knew that some legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon, who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the Cade's wicked touch. Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs - and claim his heart?

Desire Unchained

Desire Unchained
Author: Larissa Ione
Publisher: Forever
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2009-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446557420

Prepare to be burned (Gena Showalter) by this sexy and suspenseful enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance in the New York Times bestselling Demonica series. Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn't resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed. Now, determined to make Shade pay for the transformation that haunts her, Runa searches for him, only to be taken prisoner by his darkest enemy. A Seminus Demon with a love-curse that threatens him with eternal torment, Shade hoped he'd seen the last of Runa and her irresistible charm. But when he wakes up in a dank dungeon chained next to an enraged and mysteriously powerful Runa, he realizes that her effect on him is more dangerous than ever. As their captor casts a spell that bonds them as lifemates, Shade and Runa must fight for their lives and their hearts-or succumb to a madman's evil plans.

Demons of Desire

Demons of Desire
Author: Debra Dunbar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2014-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Fall in love with this sexy, new adult urban fantasy romance by author Debra Dunbar. *** Amber’s succubus desires are driving her, as well as every man within a five mile radius, crazy – and, Irix, the sexy incubus sent to tutor her, isn’t helping one bit. Determined to find some balance in her life as well as get away from his tempting presence, she escapes to visit a college friend in New Orleans. But the Big Easy is anything but peaceful. Two powerful witch covens are battling for control of the mighty river and the potent ley lines that run through the city. Amber discovers her half-elven heritage may just resolve their differences, but the covens have other, more lethal, ideas. She knows she can restore the elemental energy to balance, but it’s not easy to play peacemaker when her succubus side wants to drown the whole city in a tide of lust. The tensions between the covens aren't her only trouble. There’s nowhere Amber can run to escape the siren-call of her demon nature, and nowhere she can run to escape the seductive incubus who won’t seem to take “no” for an answer. *** If you like Shannon Mayer, K.F. Breene, Hailey Edwards, or Yasmine Galenorn, you'll love this series. The Half Breed series is set in the Imp world and includes an incubus, a half succubus / half elf, demons, and more.

Heavenly Stories

Heavenly Stories
Author: Alexander Kocar
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0812299744

Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. In the ancient world some figures, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, did not think this way, however. For them, there were multiple levels of salvation. Examining the reasons and implications for why these important thinkers believed that salvation comes in degrees, Heavenly Stories offers a fresh perspective on ancient thinking about responsibility, especially as it intersects with concerns such as genealogy and determinism. It shows why Jews and Christians of various kinds—some eventually declared orthodox, others heretical—correlated ethics and soteriology and argued over how this should be done. By constructing a difference between a lower and higher level of salvation, ancient authors devised soteriological hierarchies that could account for ethical imperfections and social differentiation between their communities and outsiders, as well as reinforce idealized portrayals of conduct among members of their own groups. Alexander Kocar asks how these thinkers identified and described these ethical and social differences among people; what commitments motivated them to make such distinctions; what were the social effects of different salvific categories and ethical standards; and what impact did hierarchically structured soteriologies have on notions of ethical responsibility? His findings have repercussions for the study of ancient ethics (especially free will and responsibility), our understanding of orthodoxy and heresy, and scholarly debates surrounding the origins of Christianity as a movement that allegedly transcends ethnic boundaries.