Religion and Violence - The Biblical Heritage (Hardcover)

Violence that is motivated by--and justified by--religious ideas, authorities and texts is everywhere around us. Some say that the origins of religion and human violence are inherently connected, and that the explanation for religious violence lies at the heart of the religious imagination itself, others that human violence was there long before religion ever came about, being no more than an unfortunate by-product of human evolution. Reconsidering the question of religion and violence in the biblical heritage is a narrower--but nonetheless essential--endeavour, to which the present volume addresses itself. After an introductory chapter by the editors on religion, violence and the Bible, Ziony Zevit writes on violence in Israelite culture and in the Bible, Tamar Kamionkowski on violence in prophetic literature, Stephen Geller on the prophetic roots of religious violence, David Wright on homicide, talion and vengeance in the Covenant Code, Lawrence Wills on the death of the hero and the violent death of Jesus, Jennifer Wright Knust on sacrifice and sacred text in Justin, and David Frankfurter on vengeance fantasies in the New Testament. Stephen Marini offers concluding reflections on religion and violence under the rubric of conflict, subversion and sacrifice.

General

Imprint:	Sheffield Phoenix Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Recent Research in Biblical Studies, No. 2
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	David A. Bernat • Jonathan Klawans
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	172
ISBN-13:	978-1-906055-32-5
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-906055-32-7
Barcode:	9781906055325

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