{"id":140835,"date":"2026-09-03T09:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=140835"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:32:39","slug":"legion-besettelse-og-kollektive-demoner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/legion-besettelse-og-kollektive-demoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Legion \u2013 besettelse og kollektive demoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"140835\" class=\"elementor elementor-140835 elementor-1022\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legion, demon fra den kristne tradisjonen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legion er en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00c5ndelig vesen som tilskrives skadelig eller motstridende virkning.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> fra den kristne tradisjonen.<\/p><p><strong>\u00abVi er mange\u00bb, kollektiv besettelse i Gerasa.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Demon\/demoninne: Overnaturlig vesen med for det meste skadelig eller ambivalent virkning. St\u00e5r mellom guder og mennesker, for\u00e5rsaker sykdom, fristelse eller ulykke, og avverges gjennom besvergelse, apotropeiske midler og ritualer.\">Demon<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140826\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Kristen tradisjon med sine engler, demoner og mystiske vesener.\">Kristendom<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Det ble ikke funnet noen overskrifter p\\u00e5 denne 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legion<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legion er navnet p\u00e5 en gruppe demoner som i den nytestamentlige fortellingen om den besatte i Gerasa (Mk 5,1, 20; Lk 8,26, 39; Mt 8,28, 34) samles under ett.<\/p><p>P\u00e5 Jesu befaling farer de inn i en svinehjord, som umiddelbart kaster seg i havet. Scenen er blitt paradigmet for kristen demonutdrivelse og har formet bildet av kollektiv besettelse.<\/p><p>Navnet \u00abLegion\u00bb viser til den romerske h\u00e6renheten, opp til 6 000 soldater. Dermed er gruppe- og massedimensjonen av fenomenet fastsl\u00e5tt. I senere teologisk og psykologisk tolkning fungerer Legion som et modelltilfelle: besettelse som multippel overlapping, indre fragmentering, oppl\u00f8sning av personligheten. Den moderne psykologien om dissosiative lidelser tar av og til fortellingen som ledemotiv.<\/p><div><p><strong>Synoptisk tradisjon og politisk konnotasjon<\/strong><\/p><p>Legion-fortellingen finnes i de tre synoptiske evangeliene (Markus 5,1, 20; Matteus 8,28, 34; Lukas 8,26, 39) og beskriver helbredelsen av en besatt i omr\u00e5det til geraserne (eller gadarenerne) p\u00e5 \u00f8stbredden av Genesaretsj\u00f8en.<\/p><p>Den sentrale scenen er dialogen mellom Jesus og den besatte: Jesus sp\u00f8r etter navnet, og svaret er <em>Legion, for vi er mange<\/em>. Begrepet <em>Legion<\/em> (gresk <em>legi\u014dn<\/em>, latin <em>legio<\/em>) betegnet p\u00e5 1. \u00e5rhundre en romersk troppestyrke p\u00e5 ca. 5 000 til 6 000 soldater.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Valget av nettopp dette begrepet for en demonisk selvbenevnelse har i forskningen (Paul W. Hollenbach, <em>Jesus, Demoniacs, and Public Authorities<\/em>, 1981) gitt grunnlag for en politisk lesning: fortellingen skal inneholde en anti-romersk undertekst, der den romerske okkupasjonsmakten symbolsk drives ut.<\/span><\/p><p>Denne lesningen f\u00f8lges av Ched Myers (<em>Binding the Strong Man<\/em>, 1988) og John Dominic Crossan i senere Jesus-forskning.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I korte trekk: Legion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Kollektiv-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00c5ndelig vesen som tilskrives skadelig eller motstridende virkning.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> (gruppe under ett navn)<br>Opprinnelse: Den besatte i Gerasa<br>Tekster: Mk 5, Mt 8, Lk 8, patristiske tolkninger<br>Tidsrom: 1. \u00e5rhundre til i dag<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et gjentakende innholdselement i kunst eller fortelling.\" tabindex=\"0\">Motiv<\/span>: Paradigme for multippel besettelse og kristen utdrivelse<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kontekst<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tidsrom for tekstene<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Synoptiske evangelier (Mk, Mt, Lk) beretter om scenen; Mk 5 anses som den eldste versjonen. Patristiske tolkninger (Origenes, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Augustin av Hippo (354\u2013430); kristen kirkefader, hovedverker Confessiones og De civitate Dei.\">Augustin<\/span>) utvider tolkningen. Moderne <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Vitenskapelig tolkning av religi\u00f8se tekster med filologiske, historiske og teologiske metoder.\">eksegese<\/span> og psykologi viser regelmessig til Legion som et modelltilfelle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Utbredelsesomr\u00e5de<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gerasa p\u00e5 \u00f8stbredden av Genesaretsj\u00f8en (i dag Jordan) er det fortellingsmessige skuestedet. Til stede som eksempel i kristen misjon og <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den religi\u00f8siteten som leves i hverdagen, ofte i tillegg til den offisielle l\u00e6ren.\" tabindex=\"0\">folkefrommhet<\/span> verden over.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituasjon<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Synoptiske evangelier, patristiske predikener, middelalderske eksempla, ikonografiske fremstillinger, moderne eksegese, psykoanalytisk-psykologiske tolkninger (Jung m.fl.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navn og tolkning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Gresk:<\/strong> <em>Legi\u014dn<\/em>, fra lat. <em>legio<\/em>.<br>Kontekst: Den besatte var ikke \u00e9n enkelt demon, men et kollektiv, \u00abfor vi er mange\u00bb (Mk 5,9). Navnet er derfor et funksjonsnavn, ikke egennavnet til en individuell demon.<\/p><p>Tallet \u00ablegion\u00bb viser samtidig til den romerske okkupasjonsmakten. Aspektet av politisk tolkning, Legion som <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn som representerer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> for det romerske herred\u00f8mmet som \u00abokkuperer\u00bb landet, blir fremhevet i moderne postkolonial eksegese.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kjennetegn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Fremtoning<\/strong><\/p><p>Ingen egen ikonografisk tradisjon. Det som fremstilles er alltid selve scenen: Jesus ved bredden, den besatte blant gravene, svineflokken som styrter i havet.<\/p><p><strong>Atferd<\/strong><\/p><p>Den besatte lever i klippegraver, kan ikke lenger holdes bundet, skriker natt og dag og skader seg selv med steiner. Etter uttrivelsen: frisk, p\u00e5kledd og ved sine fulle fem.<\/p><p><strong>Virkeomr\u00e5de<\/strong><\/p><p>Et enkeltmenneske som blir b\u00e6rer av kollektiv besettelse. Symbolsk representerer det \u00f8deleggelsen av sosial tilh\u00f8righet (livet blant gravene), kroppslig selvskading og isolasjon.<\/p><p><strong>Narrativ funksjon<\/strong><\/p><p>Det f\u00f8rste klart utformede <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivelse av en \u00e5nd eller demon som oppfattes som skadelig.\" tabindex=\"0\">eksorsismen<\/span> Jesus utf\u00f8rer i Markusevangeliet, og dermed grunnlaget for den kristne eksorsismetradisjonen. Svineflokken understreker demonenes realitet (de virker videre, selv etter utdrivelsen) og at de kan tilintetgj\u00f8res.<\/p><div><p><strong>Patristisk og middelaldersk bearbeiding<\/strong><\/p><p>Origenes tolker i sin Markus-kommentar Legion-fortellingen allegorisk: De mange demonene tilsvarer de mange syndene som gj\u00f8r ett enkelt menneske til mange, mens helbredelsen betyr gjenforeningen av personen i Kristus. Denne allegoriske lesningen forblir standard i den patristiske tradisjonen.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>I den middelalderske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f8se forestillinger utenfor den offisielle teologien, ofte med synkretistiske elementer.\">folketeologien<\/span> blir Legion prototypen p\u00e5 mangfoldig besettelse, der flere demoner tar bolig i ett og samme menneske. <em>Rituale Romanum<\/em> (1614) sitt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivelse av en \u00e5nd eller demon som oppfattes som skadelig.\" tabindex=\"0\">eksorsisme<\/span>-apparat foreskriver for slike tilfeller en egen avh\u00f8rspraksis, der antallet, navnene og omstendighetene rundt demonenes inntreden skal fastsl\u00e5s.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profil: Legion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De viktigste aspektene ved Legion p\u00e5 ett blikk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tradisjon<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ikke en enkelt demon, men et kollektiv (\u00abfor vi er mange\u00bb). Navnet \u00abLegion\u00bb stammer fra den romerske h\u00e6ren, med opptil 6000 soldater.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legions m\u00e5lgruppe<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Enkeltpersoner som blir b\u00e6rere av multippel besettelse. I senere psykologisk tolkning: dissosiative tilstander og personlighetsspaltning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Form<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ingen egen <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"L\u00e6ren om billedinnhold og deres betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ikonografi<\/span>; det som fremstilles, er alltid selve scenen: Jesus, den besatte, svinehjorden som kaster seg i havet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funksjon<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>F\u00f8rer til radikal sosial og kroppslig isolasjon: liv i graver, selvskading, manglende evne til \u00e5 tale eller sove.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beskyttelsesmidler<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Direkte eksorsistisk befaling fra Jesus. I kirkelig tradisjon et modelltilfelle for eksorsismeritualet: p\u00e5kallelse, sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l om navnet, befaling om utdrivelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paralleller<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140824\">Dybbuk<\/a> (j\u00f8disk besettelse), jinn-besettelse (islamsk), buddhistiske forestillinger om besettelse, moderne dissosiative lidelser.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rezepsjon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Patristikk og middelalder<\/strong><\/p><p>Origenes tolker Legion allegorisk som en mengde laster; Augustinus ser episoden som bevis p\u00e5 Kristi reelle makt over demoner. Middelalderske eksempler bruker scenen som et m\u00f8nstertilfelle for \u00e5ndelig frigj\u00f8ring.<\/p><p><strong>Moderne tid<\/strong><\/p><p>Psykoanalysen og dybdepsykologien tolker Legion som et bilde p\u00e5 innre fragmentering. Postkolonial eksegese ser i tallet den romerske okkupasjonsmakten. Filmtitelen <em>Legion<\/em> (1998) er bare ett av mange popul\u00e6rkulturelle ekkoer.<\/p><p><strong>Eksorsismepraksis<\/strong><\/p><p>Sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5let \u00abHva er ditt navn?\u00bb (Mark 5,9) brukes fortsatt i dag som et sentralt element i Rituale Romanum. Kravet om navnet gjelder som et klassisk redskap for demonerkjennelse og -utdrivelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paralleller<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>J\u00f8disk tradisjon<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140824\">Dybbuk<\/a> som besettelses\u00e5nd er den n\u00e6rmeste strukturelle parallellen. Begge tradisjoner kjenner sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5let om navnet som et sentralt redskap i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivelse av en \u00e5nd eller demon som anses skadelig.\" tabindex=\"0\">eksorsismen<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong>Islamsk tradisjon:<\/strong> Besettelse av jinn, med ruqya som utdrivelsesritual. Funksjonelt parallell, men teologisk selvstendig.<\/p><p><strong>Sekul\u00e6re tolkninger:<\/strong> Dissosiativ identitetsforstyrrelse (\u00abmultippel personlighet\u00bb) i moderne psykiatri er den sekul\u00e6re etterf\u00f8lgeren. Grunnideen om en innre mangfoldighet bevares.<\/p><div><p><strong>Sammenlignende <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Vitenskapen som utforsker religioner sammenlignende og uten trosbinding.\" tabindex=\"0\">religionsvitenskap<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Strukturelt beslektet er den j\u00f8diske Dybbuk-tradisjonen (kabbalistisk utarbeidet fra 1500-tallet, med standardverket til <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Israelsk religionshistoriker (1897\u20131982); grunnlegger av moderne kabbalaforskning.\">Gershom Scholem<\/span>, <em>\u00dcber einige Grundbegriffe des Judentums<\/em>, 1970) og den islamske tradisjonen med jinn-besettelse. Begge kjenner fenomenet med multippel besettelse, uten \u00e5 bruke det spesifikke Legion-begrepet.<\/span><\/p><p>Den haitianske voodoo-tradisjonen kjenner fenomenet \u00abmont\u00e9\u00bb, der flere lwa rir personen etter hverandre. Den afrobrasilianske candombl\u00e9-tradisjonen kjenner analogt besettelse av forskjellige orix\u00e1. I det religionshistoriske totalbildet er fenomenet med multippel besettelse dokumentert i praktisk talt alle utviklede kulturer, med egen terminologi og egen rituell behandling. Den kristen-evangeliske Legion-fortellingen er et enkelttilfelle i et bredt religionsfenomenologisk spekter.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp66b8cee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp66b8cee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7f10273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp7f10273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Den besatte fra Gerasa i detalj<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp15be3db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp15be3db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf697bcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpf697bcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Det eneste stedet i Det nye testamente hvor navnet Legion nevnes, er fortellingen om den besatte mannen i gerasenernes land.<\/p><p>Den finnes hos <em>Markus<\/em> 5,1 til 20, i kortere form hos <em>Lukas<\/em> 8,26 til 39 og sterkt forkortet hos <em>Matteus<\/em> 8,28 til 34, hvor det er to besatte. Markus gir den mest utfyllende versjonen og anses av de fleste eksegeter som den eldste.<\/p><p>Markus beskriver mannen som en som lever blant gravhulene, som ingen lenke kan holde fast, og som sl\u00e5r seg selv med steiner dag og natt. Da Jesus sp\u00f8r ham om navnet, svarer den urene <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et kroppsl\u00f8st vesen som det tilskrives virkning i verden.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5nden<\/span>: Legion er mitt navn, for vi er mange.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et kroppsl\u00f8st vesen som det tilskrives virkning i verden.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00c5nden<\/span> ber om \u00e5 ikke bli drevet ut av omr\u00e5det, men om \u00e5 f\u00e5 fare inn i en flokk svin. Jesus tillater det, og de omtrent to tusen svinene stormer utover skrenten ned i sj\u00f8en og drukner. Den helbredede mannen sitter deretter p\u00e5kl\u00e6dd og med fornuften i behold ved Jesu f\u00f8tter.<\/p><p>Ordvalget er p\u00e5fallende presist. <em>Legion<\/em> er ikke et hebraisk eller aramaisk begrep, men det latinske l\u00e5nordet for den st\u00f8rste enheten i den romerske h\u00e6ren, flere tusen mann. Antallet svin tilsvarer omtrent mannskapsstyrken i en legion.<\/p><p>Mange fortolkere, blant annet i tradisjonen etter Gerd Thei\u00dfen, leser dette ordvalget som en bevisst hentydning til den romerske okkupasjonsmakten. Fortellingen f\u00e5r dermed en politisk klangbunn i tillegg til helbredelsesplanet, uten at teksten selv gj\u00f8r dette eksplisitt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3467d26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3467d26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9237c3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp9237c3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legion som mangfold: teologi og tolkningshistorie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd98ca11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpd98ca11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9269ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp9269ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I strengt egennavns-forstand er Legion ikke navnet p\u00e5 en enkelt demon, men en selvbetegnelse for et mangfold. Dette har opptatt tolkningshistorien fra begynnelsen av.<\/p><p>Kirkefedrene, blant dem Origenes og senere Augustinus, tolket mangfoldet av \u00e5nder som et uttrykk for menneskets innerste splittelse, styrt av synden ikke gjennom \u00e9n, men gjennom tall\u00f8se makter.<\/p><p>Helbredelsen blir dermed et bilde p\u00e5 gjenopprettelsen av en enhetlig, gudsordnet person, noe teksten underst\u00f8tter gjennom detaljen om at mannen er ved sine fulle fem.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>I middelalderens og den tidlige nytidens demonologi ble Legion enkelte ganger oppfattet som en konkret helvetesfyrste, men dette er en senere utvikling som g\u00e5r mot bibelstedets ordmening. De store demonkatalogene fra tidlig nytid, som <em>Pseudomonarchia daemonum<\/em> av Johann Weyer fra 1577, f\u00f8rer ikke Legion som en individuell <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et kroppsl\u00f8st vesen som det tilskrives virkning i verden.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5nd<\/span>, fordi selve navnet betegner mangfoldet.<\/span><\/p><p>Den historisk-kritiske eksegesen i det 20. \u00e5rhundret har forskj\u00f8vet vekten. Den sp\u00f8r mindre etter demonens identitet enn etter fortellingens funksjon i den tidlige kristne menigheten.<\/p><p>Det diskuteres den geografiske vanskeligheten med at Gerasa ligger langt fra sj\u00f8en, svinenes rolle som urene dyr for j\u00f8der, og sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5let om episoden er en kodet antiromersk frihetsforventning.<\/p><p>Disse debattene er ikke avsluttet. Det som kan fastholdes, er at Legion i Bibelen selv ikke er et selvstendig vesen med biografi, men en chiffer for overveldende, mangedoblet makt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2b460b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2b460b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd1dd0d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpd1dd0d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Svin, gravhuler og urent land<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp95352cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp95352cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp08853ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp08853ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fortellingen om Legion er tett gjennomsyret av motiver knyttet til rituell urenhet, og det er ingen tilfeldighet. Den besatte mannen lever blant gravhulene, alts\u00e5 p\u00e5 et sted som etter j\u00f8disk renhetsforst\u00e5else overf\u00f8rer urenhet.<\/p><p>Han befinner seg p\u00e5 \u00f8stsiden av sj\u00f8en, i et overveiende ikke-j\u00f8disk omr\u00e5de kjent som Dekapolis. Og \u00e5ndene farer inn i en flokk svin, som gjaldt som urene for j\u00f8der og som ikke ville blitt holdt i et j\u00f8disk milj\u00f8 overhodet.<\/p><p>Denne opphopningen signaliserer til den antikke leseren at scenen utspiller seg p\u00e5 et sted med ytterste urenhet, utenfor den ordnede, rene verden. Eksegesen ser dette som et bevisst fortellergrep.<\/p><p>Jesus overskrider her flere grenser samtidig: den geografiske grensen ved sj\u00f8en, den etniske grensen til det hedenske landet, den rituelle grensen til det urene. Markusforskningen gir dermed helbredelsen en tilleggsbetydning, den blir et tegn p\u00e5 at Guds rikes makt ogs\u00e5 n\u00e5r utover Israels grenser.<\/p><p>Avslutningen er p\u00e5fallende. Mens Jesus i mange av Markus&#8217; fortellinger befaler taushet, ber han den helbredede gerasener uttrykkelig om \u00e5 forkynne i sin by hva som har hendt. Den tidligere Legion-besatte blir dermed den f\u00f8rste forkynneren i hedensk omr\u00e5de.<\/p><p>Ogs\u00e5 innbyggernes reaksjon, at de av frykt ber Jesus om \u00e5 dra bort, h\u00f8rer med til fortellingens hensikt. Episoden er ikke bare en eksorsismefortelling, men en teologisk gjennomkomponert scene om renhet, grense og rekkevidden av gudommelig makt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Videre lenker<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anbefalte interne lenker:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140826\">Kristendom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140831\">Satan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140832\">Lucifer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140833\">Beelzebub<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140834\">Leviatan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140824\">Dybbuk<\/a> (besettelsesparallell)<\/li><li><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivelse av en \u00e5nd eller demon som anses som skadelig.\" tabindex=\"0\">Eksorsisme<\/span> og Rituale Romanum<\/li><li>Dissosiative lidelser (psykologisk tolkning)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Forskningslitteratur<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\"><p>Et utvalg sentrale arbeider om Legion og den nytestamentlige forestillingen om besettelse:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Pesch, Rudolf: <em>Der Besessene von Gerasa<\/em>. Stuttgart 1972.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Twelftree, Graham H.: <em>In the Name of Jesus. Exorcism among Early Christians<\/em>. Grand Rapids 2007.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Ferguson, Everett: <em>Demonology of the Early Christian World<\/em>. Lewiston 1984.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Horsley, Richard A.: <em>Jesus and Empire<\/em>. Minneapolis 2003 (postkolonial tolkning).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Sorensen, Eric: <em>Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity<\/em>. T\u00fcbingen 2002.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div data-nosnippet=\"true\" class=\"iwg-litliste\"><p><strong>Standardlitteratur (kristendom):<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet><strong>Markschies, Christoph<\/strong>: <em>Das <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den greske og romerske kulturen, om lag 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antike<\/span> Christentum. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den levde religi\u00f8se holdningen og praksisen til et menneske.\" tabindex=\"0\">Fr\u00f6mmigkeit<\/span>, Lebensformen, Institutionen. Beck, M\u00fcnchen 2006.<\/em><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Flere standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140944\">litteraturlisten<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-legion-sec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgca-legion-sec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-ca-legion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-legion-te iwg-ca-textwrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgca-legion-te\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p class=\"iwg-ca-bridge\">Beskyttelsespraksisen som beskrives her, er en religionsvitenskapelig plassering av historiske tradisjoner. iWell Guard knytter seg til denne kulturhistoriske linjen av b\u00e6rbare beskyttelsesobjekter og representerer en samtidig form av denne. <a href=\"\/ueber-iwell-guard\/?utm_source=iwell-guard.com&#038;utm_medium=text-link&#038;utm_campaign=schadwesen-tradition\">Mer om iWell Guard \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61be43b e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61be43b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f86082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f86082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2>Ofte stilte sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l om Legion<\/h2>\n<div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Hvem eller hva er Legion i Det nye testamente?<\/h3><p>Legion er i Markusevangeliet (5,9) navnet p\u00e5 en demon eller en gruppe demoner som besetter en mann i Gerasa. Da Jesus sp\u00f8r om navnet, svarer <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00c5ndelig vesen som tilskrives skadelig eller motstridende virkning.\" tabindex=\"0\">demonen<\/span>: Legion, for vi er mange.<\/p><p>En romersk legion talte omkring 6000 soldater, og navnet understreker dermed den kollektive naturen til besettelsen. Jesus driver ut demonene og sender dem inn i en svineflokk som styrter i sj\u00f8en.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Hvordan tolkes Legion i moderne demonologi og popkultur?<\/h3><p>I moderne <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vitenskapelige l\u00e6ren om Gud og troen i en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologi<\/span> leses Legion ofte som et bilde p\u00e5 psykisk mangfoldighet, avhengighet eller kollektiv besettelse, ikke n\u00f8dvendigvis bokstavelig.<\/p><p>I popkulturen (skrekkfilmer, heavy metal-l\u00e5ter) er Legion et popul\u00e6rt navn for mektige samledemoner, fordi bibelverset gir en fyndig kollektiv motstanderfigur. 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