War in the Hebrew Bible : a study in the ethics of violence
Dealing with a wide spectrum of war ideologies in the Hebrew Bible, this study seeks to discover why and how these views might have made sense to biblical writers. It challenges the stereotype of the "violent" Old Testament
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xii, 180 pages)
9780198023951, 9781423758860, 9780195356915, 9781280451485, 0198023952, 1423758862, 0195356918, 1280451483
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Intro
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Ban as God's Portion
2. The Ban as God's Justice
3. The Priestly Ideology of War in Numbers 31
4. The Bardic Tradition of War
5. The Ideology of Tricksterism
6. The Ideology of Expediency and Biblical Critique
7. Toward an Ideology of Nonparticipation
Conclusions
References
Additional Readings
Index of Biblical Citations
General Index
Originally published in 1993
English