The violence of Scripture : overcoming the Old Testament's troubling legacy /

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No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. Over the years, these texts have been used to justify all sorts of violence: from colonizing people and justifying warfare, to sanctioning vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seibert, Eric A., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament > Hermeneutics.
Bible. > Old Testament
Bibel > Altes Testament
Violence in the Bible.
Violence dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Hermeneutics
Violence in the Bible
Gewalt
Hermeneutik
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the Bible should never be used to harm others
  • The Old Testament's troubling legacy
  • The pervasive presence of "virtuous" violence in the Old Testament
  • The danger of reading the Bible
  • Developing good reading habits: becoming ethically responsible readers
  • Reading the Old Testament nonviolently
  • Confronting Canaanite genocide and its toxic afterlife
  • Keeping the Old Testament from being used to justify war
  • Preventing violence against women
  • The necessity and urgency of reading the Old Testament nonviolently: some conclusions.

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