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Ecological aspects of war : engagements with biblical texts /

"In this book Australian biblical scholars engage with texts from Genesis to Revelation. With experience in the Earth Bible Project and the Ecological Hermeneutics section of the Society of Biblical Literature, contributors address impacts of war in more-than-human contexts and habitats, in con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Elvey, Anne F. (Editor ), Dyer, Keith D., 1951- (Editor ), Guess, Deborah (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Academic Plc, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Ecological Aspects of War
  • Engagements with Biblical Texts; Keith Dyer and Anne Elvey; 2 'A Bow in the Clouds' (Genesis 9.13): Yhwh's qešet and the Rainbow Serpent as Metaphors of Life and Destruction; Jeanette Mathews; 3 Drones Over Sodom: Resisting the Fantasy of Security; Carolyn Alsen; 4 Reading the Magnificat in Australia in Contexts of Conflict; Anne Elvey; 5 'Dealing with the Enemy': Ecological Reflections Out of Luke's Story of Jesus; Michael Trainor.
  • 6 The Death of Absalom: The Forest Is Mightier than the SwordMarie Turner; 7 Desolate Land / Desolate People in Jeremiah and Lamentations; Elizabeth Boase; 8 Violence and Destruction in Opposition to Judgement and Righteousness; Anne Gardner; 9 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Consequences of War (Revelation 6.1-11); Keith Dyer; 10 War, Ecology and Engagements with Biblical Texts: A Response; David G. Horrell; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects.