{"id":136524,"date":"2026-09-03T00:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=136524"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:05:03","slug":"legion-besatthet-och-kollektiva-demoner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/legion-besatthet-och-kollektiva-demoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Legion \u2013 besatthet och kollektiva demoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"136524\" class=\"elementor elementor-136524 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 i den kristna traditionen<\/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 \u00e4r en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Andligt v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs skadlig eller mots\u00e4gelsefull verkan.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> i den kristna traditionen.<\/p><p><strong>\u201dVi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga\u201d, kollektiv besatthet 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: \u00d6vernaturligt v\u00e4sen med oftast skadlig eller ambivalent verkan. 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demoner fr\u00e5n den kristna traditionen, historiskt-illustrativt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_christentum_legion-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_christentum_legion-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_christentum_legion-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_christentum_legion.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\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 \u00e4r namnet p\u00e5 en grupp demoner som i den nytestamentliga ber\u00e4ttelsen om den besatte fr\u00e5n Gerasa (Mark 5:1\u201320; Luk 8:26\u201339; Matt 8:28\u201334) samlas under ett gemensamt namn.<\/p><p>P\u00e5 Jesu befallning far de in i en svinhjord som genast kastar sig i sj\u00f6n. Scenen har blivit ett paradigm f\u00f6r kristen demonutdrivning och har pr\u00e4glat f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen om kollektiv besatthet.<\/p><p>Namnet \u201dLegion\u201d syftar p\u00e5 den romerska h\u00e4renheten, upp till 6 000 soldater. D\u00e4rmed etableras fenomenets grupp- och massdimension. I senare teologisk och psykologisk tolkning tj\u00e4nar Legion som modellfall: besatthet som multipel \u00f6verlagring, inre fragmentering, uppl\u00f6sning av personligheten. Den moderna psykologin kring dissociativa st\u00f6rningar tar ibland upp ber\u00e4ttelsen som ledmotiv.<\/p><div><p><strong>Synoptisk tradition och politisk konnotation<\/strong><\/p><p>Legion-ber\u00e4ttelsen finns i de tre synoptiska evangelierna (Markus 5:1\u201320; Matteus 8:28\u201334; Lukas 8:26\u201339) och beskriver botandet av en besatt i gerasenernas (eller gadarenernas) omr\u00e5de p\u00e5 \u00f6stra stranden av Genesarets sj\u00f6.<\/p><p>Den centrala scenen \u00e4r dialogen mellan Jesus och den besatte: Jesus fr\u00e5gar efter namnet, och svaret \u00e4r <em>Legion, ty vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga<\/em>. Begreppet <em>Legion<\/em> (grekiska <em>legi\u014dn<\/em>, latin <em>legio<\/em>) betecknade under det 1. \u00e5rhundradet en romersk trupp p\u00e5 cirka 5 000 till 6 000 soldater.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Just valet av detta begrepp f\u00f6r en demonisk sj\u00e4lvben\u00e4mning har inom forskningen (Paul W. Hollenbach, <em>Jesus, Demoniacs, and Public Authorities<\/em>, 1981) v\u00e4ckt en politisk tolkning: ber\u00e4ttelsen anses inneh\u00e5lla en antiromersk subtext, d\u00e4r den romerska ockupationsmakten symboliskt drivs ut.<\/span><\/p><p>Denna tolkning f\u00f6ljs av Ched Myers (<em>Binding the Strong Man<\/em>, 1988) och John Dominic Crossan i senare Jesusforskning.<\/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\">Legion i korthet<\/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>Typ:<\/strong> Kollektiv-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Andligt v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs skadlig eller mots\u00e4gelsefull verkan.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> (grupp under ett namn)<br>Ursprung: Den besatte fr\u00e5n Gerasa<br>Texter: Mark 5, Matt 8, Luk 8, patristiska tolkningar<br>Tidsperiod: 1. \u00e5rhundradet till nutid<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett \u00e5terkommande inneh\u00e5llsm\u00e4ssigt element i konst eller ber\u00e4ttelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">Motiv<\/span>: paradigm f\u00f6r multipel besatthet och kristen utdrivning<\/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\">Kontext<\/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\">Texternas tidsperiod<\/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>Synoptiska evangelierna (Mark, Matt, Luk) ber\u00e4ttar scenen; Mark 5 anses vara den \u00e4ldsta versionen. Patristiska tolkningar (Origenes, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Augustinus av Hippo (354\u2013430); kristen kyrkofader, huvudverk Confessiones och De civitate Dei.\">Augustinus<\/span>) bygger vidare p\u00e5 tolkningen. Modern <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Vetenskaplig tolkning av religi\u00f6sa texter med filologiska, historiska och teologiska metoder.\">exeges<\/span> och psykologi h\u00e4nvisar regelbundet till Legion som modellfall.<\/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\">Utbredningsomr\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 \u00f6stra stranden av Genesarets sj\u00f6 (i dagens Jordanien) \u00e4r ber\u00e4ttelsens sk\u00e5deplats. Genom kristen mission och <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vardagligt levda religiositeten, ofta vid sidan av den officiella l\u00e4ran.\" tabindex=\"0\">folktro<\/span> \u00e4r exemplet spritt \u00f6ver hela v\u00e4rlden.<\/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\">K\u00e4ll\u00e4ge<\/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>Synoptiska evangelier, patristiska predikningar, medeltida exempla, ikonografiska framst\u00e4llningar, modern exeges, psykoanalytiskt-psykologiska tolkningar (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\">Namn och 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>Grekiska:<\/strong> <em>Legi\u014dn<\/em>, fr\u00e5n lat. <em>legio<\/em>.<br>Sammanhang: Den besatte var inte en enda demon, utan ett kollektiv, \u201dty vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga\u201d (Mark 5:9). Namnet \u00e4r d\u00e4rf\u00f6r ett funktionsnamn, inte egennamnet p\u00e5 en enskild demon.<\/p><p>Talet \u201dlegion\u201d h\u00e4nvisar samtidigt till den romerska ockupationsmakten. Aspekten av politisk tolkning, Legion som <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett tecken som symboliserar en f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning eller betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> f\u00f6r det romerska styret som \u201dockuperar\u201d landet, lyfts fram i modern postkolonial exeges.<\/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\">K\u00e4nnetecken<\/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>Utseende<\/strong><\/p><p>Ingen egen ikonografisk tradition. Det som avbildas \u00e4r alltid sj\u00e4lva scenen: Jesus vid stranden, den besatte bland gravarna, svinhjorden som st\u00f6rtar sig i havet.<\/p><p><strong>Beteende<\/strong><\/p><p>Den besatte lever i klippgravar, kan inte l\u00e4ngre bindas, skriker dag och natt och skadar sig sj\u00e4lv med stenar. Efter utdrivningen: frisk, kl\u00e4dd och vid sina sinnens fulla bruk.<\/p><p><strong>Verkningsomr\u00e5de<\/strong><\/p><p>En enskild m\u00e4nniska som blir b\u00e4rare av kollektiv besatthet. Symboliskt handlar det om nedbrytningen av social tillh\u00f6righet (liv bland gravar), kroppslig sj\u00e4lvskada och isolering.<\/p><p><strong>Narrativ funktion<\/strong><\/p><p>Den f\u00f6rsta tydligt utformade <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivning av en ande eller demon som uppfattas som skadlig.\" tabindex=\"0\">exorcismen<\/span> som Jesus utf\u00f6r i Markusevangeliet, och d\u00e4rmed grunden f\u00f6r den kristna exorcismtraditionen. Svinhjorden understryker demonernas realitet (de forts\u00e4tter att verka \u00e4ven efter utdrivningen) och att de kan f\u00f6rintas.<\/p><div><p><strong>Patristisk och medeltida bearbetning<\/strong><\/p><p>Origenes tolkar i sin Markuskommentar ber\u00e4ttelsen om Legion allegoriskt: de m\u00e5nga demonerna motsvarar de m\u00e5nga synder som g\u00f6r en enda m\u00e4nniska till m\u00e5nga, medan helandet inneb\u00e4r personens \u00e5terf\u00f6rening till en enhet i Kristus. Denna allegoriska tolkning f\u00f6rblir standard inom den patristiska traditionen.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>I den medeltida <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar vid sidan av den officiella teologin, ofta med synkretistiska inslag.\">folkteologin<\/span> blir Legion prototypen f\u00f6r m\u00e5ngfaldig besatthet, d\u00e4r flera demoner tar en enda m\u00e4nniska i besittning. <em>Rituale Romanum<\/em>s (1614) <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivning av en ande eller demon som uppfattas som skadlig.\" tabindex=\"0\">exorcism<\/span>apparat f\u00f6reskriver f\u00f6r s\u00e5dana fall en s\u00e4rskild f\u00f6rh\u00f6rspraxis, d\u00e4r demonernas antal, namn och omst\u00e4ndigheterna kring besattheten m\u00e5ste fastst\u00e4llas.<\/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\">Faktablad: 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 viktigaste aspekterna av Legion i korthet.<\/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\">Tradition<\/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>Ingen enskild demon, utan ett kollektiv (&#8221;ty vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga&#8221;). Namnet &#8221;Legion&#8221; kommer fr\u00e5n den romerska arm\u00e9n, som kunde best\u00e5 av upp till 6 000 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\u00e5lgrupp<\/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>Enskilda m\u00e4nniskor som blir b\u00e4rare av multipel besatthet. I senare psykologisk tolkning: dissociativa tillst\u00e5nd och personlighetsklyvning.<\/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\u00e4ran om bildinneh\u00e5ll och deras betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">ikonografi<\/span>; det som avbildas \u00e4r alltid sj\u00e4lva scenen: Jesus, den besatte, svinhjorden som st\u00f6rtar sig 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\">Funktion<\/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>Orsakar radikal social och kroppslig isolering: liv bland gravar, sj\u00e4lvskada, of\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att tala eller sova.<\/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\">Skyddsmedel<\/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>Direkt exorcistisk befallning fr\u00e5n Jesus. I den kyrkliga traditionen ett modellfall f\u00f6r exorcismritualen: tilltal, fr\u00e5ga om namnet, utdrivningsbefallning.<\/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\">Motsvarigheter<\/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\/sv\/dybbuk\/\">Dybbuk<\/a> (judisk besatthet), jinn-besatthet (islamisk), buddhistiska f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar om besatthet, moderna dissociativa st\u00f6rningar.<\/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\">Reception<\/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>Patristik och medeltid<\/strong><\/p><p>Origenes tolkar Legion allegoriskt som en m\u00e5ngfald av synder; Augustinus ser episoden som ett bevis p\u00e5 Kristi verkliga makt \u00f6ver demonerna. Medeltida exempla anv\u00e4nder scenen som ett m\u00f6nsterfall f\u00f6r andlig befrielse.<\/p><p><strong>Modern tid<\/strong><\/p><p>Psykoanalysen och djuppsykologin tolkar Legion som en bild av inre fragmentering. Postkolonial exegetik ser i talet den romerska ockupationsmakten. Filmtiteln <em>Legion<\/em> (1998) \u00e4r bara ett av m\u00e5nga popul\u00e4rkulturella eko.<\/p><p><strong>Exorcismpraxis<\/strong><\/p><p>Fr\u00e5gan &#8221;Vad \u00e4r ditt namn?&#8221; (Mark. 5:9) anv\u00e4nds \u00e4n i dag som ett centralt element i Rituale Romanum. Namnkravet betraktas som ett klassiskt instrument f\u00f6r att identifiera och driva ut demoner.<\/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>Judisk tradition<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/dybbuk\/\">Dybbuken<\/a>, en besatthetsande, \u00e4r den n\u00e4rmaste strukturella parallellen. B\u00e5da traditionerna anv\u00e4nder fr\u00e5gan om namnet som ett centralt instrument i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivning av en ande eller demon som uppfattas som skadlig.\" tabindex=\"0\">exorcismen<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong>Islamisk tradition:<\/strong> besatthet av jinner, med ruqya som utdrivningsritual. Funktionellt parallell, men teologiskt sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig.<\/p><p><strong>Sekul\u00e4ra tolkningar:<\/strong> dissociativ identitetsst\u00f6rning (&#8221;multipel personlighet&#8221;) inom modern psykiatri \u00e4r den sekul\u00e4ra eftertr\u00e4daren. Grundid\u00e9n om en inre m\u00e5ngfald lever vidare.<\/p><div><p><strong>J\u00e4mf\u00f6rande <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Vetenskapen som studerar religioner j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande och utan trosbundenhet.\" tabindex=\"0\">religionsvetenskap<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Strukturellt besl\u00e4ktade \u00e4r den judiska dybbuktraditionen (utarbetad kabbalistiskt fr\u00e5n 1500-talet, med standardverket av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Israelisk religionshistoriker (1897\u20131982); grundare av den moderna kabbalaforskningen.\">Gershom Scholem<\/span>, <em>\u00dcber einige Grundbegriffe des Judentums<\/em>, 1970) och den islamiska traditionen om jinn-besatthet. B\u00e5da k\u00e4nner till fenomenet multipel besatthet, utan att anv\u00e4nda den specifika Legion-termen.<\/span><\/p><p>Den haitiska vodou-traditionen k\u00e4nner till fenomenet &#8221;mont\u00e9&#8221;, d\u00e4r flera lwa rider en m\u00e4nniska i tur och ordning. Den afrobrasilianska candombl\u00e9-traditionen har p\u00e5 motsvarande s\u00e4tt besittning av olika orix\u00e1. I det religionshistoriska helhetsbilden \u00e4r fenomenet multipel besatthet dokumenterat i praktiskt taget alla utvecklade kulturer, med egen terminologi och egen rituell behandling. Den kristet-evangeliska Legion-ber\u00e4ttelsen \u00e4r ett enskilt fall inom ett brett religionsfenomenologiskt spektrum.<\/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 fr\u00e5n 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 enda nytestamentliga st\u00e4llet d\u00e4r namnet Legion n\u00e4mns \u00e4r ber\u00e4ttelsen om den besatte i gerasenernas omr\u00e5de.<\/p><p>Den \u00e5terfinns hos <em>Markus<\/em> 5,1 till 20, i kortare form hos <em>Lukas<\/em> 8,26 till 39 och starkt f\u00f6rkortad hos <em>Matteus<\/em> 8,28 till 34, d\u00e4r det \u00e4r tv\u00e5 besatta. Markus ger den mest utf\u00f6rliga versionen och anses av majoriteten av exegetiken vara den \u00e4ldsta.<\/p><p>Markus beskriver mannen som en som lever bland gravgrottorna, som ingen boja kan h\u00e5lla kvar och som dag och natt sl\u00e5r sig med stenar. N\u00e4r Jesus fr\u00e5gar honom om namnet svarar den orene <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span>: Legion \u00e4r mitt namn, f\u00f6r vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">Anden<\/span> ber om att inte bli f\u00f6rdriven fr\u00e5n trakten, utan att f\u00e5 fara in i en svinhjord. Jesus till\u00e5ter det, och de omkring tv\u00e5tusen svinen rusar utf\u00f6r branten ner i sj\u00f6n och drunknar. Den botade mannen sitter d\u00e4refter kl\u00e4dd och med sitt sunda f\u00f6rnuft vid Jesu f\u00f6tter.<\/p><p>Ordvalet \u00e4r p\u00e5fallande exakt. <em>Legion<\/em> \u00e4r inget hebreiskt eller arameiskt begrepp, utan det latinska l\u00e5nordet f\u00f6r den romerska h\u00e4rens st\u00f6rsta enhet, flera tusen man. Antalet svin motsvarar ungef\u00e4r mansstyrkan i en legion.<\/p><p>M\u00e5nga uttolkare, till exempel i traditionen efter Gerd Thei\u00dfen, l\u00e4ser detta spr\u00e5kbruk som en medveten anspelning p\u00e5 den romerska ockupationsmakten. Ber\u00e4ttelsen f\u00e5r d\u00e4rmed, vid sidan av helandeplanet, en politisk konnotation, utan att texten uttryckligen g\u00f6r den till det.<\/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 m\u00e5ngfald: teologi och tolkningshistoria<\/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>Legion \u00e4r i strikt mening inget egennamn f\u00f6r en enskild demon, utan en m\u00e5ngfalds egen ben\u00e4mning p\u00e5 sig sj\u00e4lv. Det har sysselsatt tolkningshistorien fr\u00e5n f\u00f6rsta b\u00f6rjan.<\/p><p>Kyrkof\u00e4derna, bland dem Origenes och senare Augustinus, tolkade m\u00e5ngfalden av andar som ett uttryck f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskans inre s\u00f6ndring, som av synden beh\u00e4rskas inte av en enda, utan av otaliga makter.<\/p><p>Helandet blir d\u00e4rmed en bild av \u00e5teruppr\u00e4ttandet av en enhetlig, av Gud ordnad person, vilket i texten st\u00f6ds av detaljen med sitt sunda f\u00f6rnuft.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>I medeltidens och den tidigmoderna tidens demonologi uppfattades Legion ibland som en konkret furste av helvetet, men det \u00e4r en senare utveckling som g\u00e5r emot bibelst\u00e4llets ordalydelse. De stora demonkatalogerna fr\u00e5n den tidigmoderna tiden, till exempel Johann Weyers <em>Pseudomonarchia daemonum<\/em> fr\u00e5n 1577, upptar inte Legion som en enskild <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">ande<\/span>, eftersom sj\u00e4lva namnet betecknar m\u00e5ngfalden.<\/span><\/p><p>Den historisk-kritiska exegetiken under 1900-talet har f\u00f6rskjutit tyngdpunkten. Den fr\u00e5gar mindre efter demonens identitet \u00e4n efter ber\u00e4ttelsens funktion i den fornkristna f\u00f6rsamlingen.<\/p><p>Det som diskuteras \u00e4r den geografiska sv\u00e5righeten att Gerasa ligger l\u00e5ngt fr\u00e5n sj\u00f6n, svinens roll som orena djur f\u00f6r judar, och fr\u00e5gan om episoden d\u00f6ljer en antiromersk befrielsehopp.<\/p><p>Dessa debatter \u00e4r inte avslutade. Det som kan konstateras \u00e4r att Legion i sj\u00e4lva bibeln inte \u00e4r ett sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt v\u00e4sen med biografi, utan en beteckning f\u00f6r \u00f6verv\u00e4ldigande, m\u00e5ngfaldig 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, gravgrottor och orent 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>Ber\u00e4ttelsen om Legion \u00e4r t\u00e4tt genomsyrad av motiv som r\u00f6r rituell orenhet, och det \u00e4r ingen slump. Den besatte lever bland gravgrottorna, allts\u00e5 p\u00e5 en plats som enligt judisk renhetsuppfattning \u00f6verf\u00f6r orenhet.<\/p><p>Han befinner sig p\u00e5 sj\u00f6ns \u00f6stra sida, i ett \u00f6verv\u00e4gande icke-judiskt pr\u00e4glat omr\u00e5de, den s\u00e5 kallade Dekapolis. Och andarna far in i en svinhjord, vilka f\u00f6r judar ans\u00e5gs orena och \u00f6ver huvud taget inte skulle ha h\u00e5llits i en judisk milj\u00f6.<\/p><p>Denna anhopning signalerar till den antika l\u00e4saren att scenen utspelar sig p\u00e5 en plats av yttersta orenhet, bortom den ordnade, rena v\u00e4rlden. Exegetiken ser i detta ett medvetet ber\u00e4ttargrepp.<\/p><p>Jesus \u00f6verskrider h\u00e4r flera gr\u00e4nser: sj\u00f6ns geografiska gr\u00e4ns, den etniska gr\u00e4nsen till det hedniska landet, den rituella gr\u00e4nsen till det orena. Markusforskningen ger d\u00e4rmed helandet en ytterligare betydelse, det blir ett tecken p\u00e5 att Guds rikes makt str\u00e4cker sig \u00e4ven bortom Israels gr\u00e4nser.<\/p><p>Anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rt \u00e4r slutet. Medan Jesus i m\u00e5nga av Markus ber\u00e4ttelser p\u00e5bjuder tystnad, uppmanar han h\u00e4r uttryckligen den botade gerasenen att i sin stad f\u00f6rkunna vad som har skett. Den som en g\u00e5ng var besatt av Legion blir d\u00e4rmed den f\u00f6rsta f\u00f6rkunnaren i hedniskt omr\u00e5de.<\/p><p>\u00c4ven inv\u00e5narnas beteende, som av r\u00e4dsla ber Jesus att g\u00e5 d\u00e4rifr\u00e5n, h\u00f6r till ber\u00e4ttelsens syfte. Episoden \u00e4r inte bara en exorcismber\u00e4ttelse, utan en teologiskt genomkomponerad scen om renhet, gr\u00e4ns och r\u00e4ckvidden av Guds 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\">Vidare l\u00e4nkar<\/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>Rekommenderade interna l\u00e4nkar:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/kristendomen\/\">Kristendom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/satan\/\">Satan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/lucifer\/\">Lucifer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/beelzebub\/\">Beelzebub<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/leviathan\/\">Leviatan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/dybbuk\/\">Dybbuk<\/a> (parallell till besatthet)<\/li><li><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituell utdrivning av en ande eller demon som uppfattas som skadlig.\" tabindex=\"0\">Exorcism<\/span> och Rituale Romanum<\/li><li>Dissociativa st\u00f6rningar (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>Ett urval av centrala verk om Legion och nya testamentets bes\u00e4ttelsef\u00f6rest\u00e4llning:<\/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=\"Epok av den grekiska och romerska kulturen, ungef\u00e4r 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antike<\/span> Christentum. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den levda religi\u00f6sa h\u00e5llningen och praktiken hos en m\u00e4nniska.\" 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>Fler standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/litteratur\/\">litteraturf\u00f6rteckningen<\/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\">Den skyddspraktik som beskrivs h\u00e4r \u00e4r en religionsvetenskaplig tolkning av historiska traditioner. iWell Guard ansluter till denna kulturhistoriska linje av b\u00e4rbara skyddsobjekt och utg\u00f6r en samtida form av den. <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>Vanliga fr\u00e5gor om Legion<\/h2>\n<div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Vem eller vad \u00e4r Legion i Nya testamentet?<\/h3><p>Legion \u00e4r i Markusevangeliet (5,9) namnet p\u00e5 en demon eller en grupp demoner som bes\u00e4tter en man i Gerasa. P\u00e5 Jesu fr\u00e5ga om sitt namn svarar <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Andligt v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs skadlig eller mots\u00e4gelsefull verkan.\" tabindex=\"0\">demonen<\/span>: Legion, ty vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga.<\/p><p>En romersk legion omfattade ungef\u00e4r 6000 soldater, och namnet betonar d\u00e4rmed bes\u00e4ttelsens kollektiva natur. Jesus driver ut demonerna och skickar dem in i en svinhjord, som st\u00f6rtar sig i sj\u00f6n.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Hur tolkas Legion i modern demonologi och popul\u00e4rkultur?<\/h3><p>I modern <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologi<\/span> tolkas Legion ofta som en bild f\u00f6r psykisk m\u00e5ngfald, missbruk eller kollektiv besatthet, inte n\u00f6dv\u00e4ndigtvis bokstavligt.<\/p><p>I popul\u00e4rkulturen (skr\u00e4ckfilmer, heavy metal-l\u00e5tar) \u00e4r Legion ett popul\u00e4rt namn f\u00f6r m\u00e4ktiga samlingsdemoner, eftersom det bibliska verset erbjuder en slagkraftig kollektiv antagonistfigur. 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