Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: The Normativity of Evil Within a Warfare Worldview -- The Warfare Worldview: A Crosscultural Perspective -- The Truth of the Warfare Worldview -- About This Work -- A Word of Appreciation -- Part I: The Warfare Worldview of the Old Testament -- 1 Hearing Zosia: The Problem with the Problem of Evil -- Three Fundamental Objections -- The Concrete Problem of Evil -- The Problem with the Problem of Evil -- Satan and Postmodernity -- Conclusion -- 2 Locking up the Raging Sea: The Hostile Environment of the Earth -- The Warfare Motif in Ancient Near Eastern Literature -- Demons in the Old Testament -- Yahweh's Conflict with the Raging Sea -- Conclusion -- 3 Slaying Leviathan: Cosmic Warfare and the Preservation and Restoration of Creation -- Yahweh and the Cosmic Monsters -- Warfare and Creation -- Conclusion -- 4 Judging the "Gods": Yahweh's Conflict with Angelic Beings in the Old Testament -- Yahweh and Lesser "Gods" -- The Nature and Origin of Ancient Jewish Monotheism -- The Council of Yahweh -- Rebellion Among the Gods -- 5 Rebuking the Adversary: The Activity and Origin of Satan in the Old Testament -- Is God the Author of Evil? -- Other Possible References to the Devil -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Warfare Worldview of the New Testament -- 6 Tying up the Strong Man: The Kingdom of God as a Warfare Concept -- Intertestamental Developments -- Jesus' View of the Satanic Army -- Jesus and the Kingdom of God -- Conclusion -- 7 War of the Worlds: The Warfare Theme of Jesus' Exorcisms and Miracles -- Jesus' Mastery over Rebellious Nature -- 8 Storming the Gates of Hell: Kingdom Conflict in the Teachings of Jesus -- Jesus' Teaching in the Gospel of John -- Conclusion -- 9 Christus Victor: The Warfare Significance of Christ's Death and Resurrection -- The Victory of the Cross.

Deliverance from the Devil -- 10 Engaging the Powers: The Christian Life as Spiritual Warfare -- The New Testament's Conception of the Demonic Realm -- The Activity of the Demonic Realm -- The Christian Life as Warfare -- The Origin and End of Satan and Fallen Angels -- Conclusion: The Centrality of the Warfare Perspective -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Author/ Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- Praise for God At War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict -- About the Author -- More titles from intervarsity press.