Abstract The angel of the nations comes into being in the context of the Old Testament, as a vicar of God, his envoy and representative, mediating between the human and the transcendent. The role of Israel in relation to other peoples is also gradually clarified in the course of the O

Abstract This essay is intended to provide a wide-ranging reconstruction of the history of the concept of parrhesia in relation to its political implications.  Moving from Michel Foucault’s reading of the concept, the paper gives a succinct overview of its use in classical Greece and

Abstract The entry explores some aspects of the history of the concept of ‘redemption, focusing on its juridical background. Attention is given to the close relationship between the interpretation of Jesus’ salvific action by early Christian authors, on the one hand, and the pra