The First World War and the mobilization of biblical scholarship

This fascinating collection of essays charts, for the first time, the range of responses by scholars on both sides of the conflict to the outbreak of war in August 1914. The volume examines how biblical scholars, like their compatriots from every walk of life, responded to the great crisis they face...

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Contributors: Mein, Andrew (Editor) ; MacDonald, Nathan 1975- (Editor) ; Collins, Matthew A. (Editor)
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Language:English
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Published: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney International Clark 2019
In: Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible (15)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: The First World War and the mobilization of biblical scholarship] (2020) (Jenkins, Philip, 1952 -)
[Rezension von: The First World War and the mobilization of biblical scholarship] (2019) (Larsen, Timothy, 1967 -)
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Series/Journal:Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 15
Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 15
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies 676=691
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Great Britain / Biblical studies / World War / History 1914-1918
B Germany / Great Britain / Exegesis / War / Patriotism / Peace / History 1914-1918
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
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Summary:This fascinating collection of essays charts, for the first time, the range of responses by scholars on both sides of the conflict to the outbreak of war in August 1914. The volume examines how biblical scholars, like their compatriots from every walk of life, responded to the great crisis they faced, and, with relatively few exceptions, were keen to contribute to the war effort. Some joined up as soldiers. More commonly, however, biblical scholars and theologians put pen to paper as part of the torrent of patriotic publication that arose both in the United Kingdom and in Germany. The contributors reveal that, in many cases, scholars were repeating or refining common arguments about the responsibility for the war. In Germany and Britain, where the Bible was still central to a Protestant national culture, we also find numerous more specialized works, where biblical scholars brought their own disciplinary expertise to bear on the matter of war in general, and this war in particular. The volume's contributors thus offer new insights into the place of both the Bible and biblical scholarship in early 20th-century culture
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ISBN:0567680789