Die Reden des Satan in der Heiligen Schrift (1875 Hoelemann), book

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Hermann Gustav Hoelemann, Die Reden des Satan in der Heiligen Schrift (Leipzig, Germany: Hinrichs, 1875).

Abstract

Die Reden des Satan in der Heiligen Schrift: eine exegetisch-rhetorische Analyse und ethische Zeitspiegelung; neueste Bibelstudie (ET The Speeches of Satan in Holy Scripture: an exegetical‑rhetorical analysis and ethical reflection of the times; latest Bible study).

Hölemann collects and examines every Bible passage in which Satan speaks (e.g. direct quotations, debates, temptations)—from Genesis to Revelation. Places these speeches in their literal, linguistic, and cultural biblical context, avoiding dogmatic or mythological assumptions.

Hölemann’s work fits within German liberal Protestantism: influenced by earlier rational dissent and Enlightenment biblical scholarship, but with more focus on rhetorical and moral lessons than radical denial of Satan’s personhood.

Unlike rational-polemical works of Barker, Simpson, and Epps, Hölemann offers a literary and moral study of Satan’s own words in the biblical drama. Offers symbolic and rhetorical insights rather than attempting to deny Satan’s existence. Bridges historical-critical biblical exegesis with ethical reflection framed for contemporary Bible readership of his time.

About the Author

Hermann Gustav Hölemann (1809–1886), a German Protestant minister and biblical scholar.

External links

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