Portraying violence in the Hebrew Bible: a literary and cultural study
"Most studies on violence in the Hebrew Bible focus on the question of how modern readers should approach the problem. But they fail to ask how the Hebrew Bible thinks about that problem in the first place. In this work, Matthew J. Lynch examines four key ways that writers of the Hebrew Bible c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lynch, Matthew J., 1979-, Portraying violence in the Hebrew Bible] (2021) (Niditch, Susan, 1950 -)
[Rezension von: Lynch, Matthew J., 1979-, Portraying violence in the Hebrew Bible] (2021) (Stepan, Lynsey) |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Violence in the Bible
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | "Most studies on violence in the Hebrew Bible focus on the question of how modern readers should approach the problem. But they fail to ask how the Hebrew Bible thinks about that problem in the first place. In this work, Matthew J. Lynch examines four key ways that writers of the Hebrew Bible conceptualize and critique acts of violence: violence as an ecological problem; violence as a moral problem; violence as a judicial problem; violence as a purity problem. These four 'grammars of violence' help us interpret crucial biblical texts where violence plays a lead role, like Genesis 4-9. Lynch's volume also offers readers ways to examine cultural continuity and the distinctiveness of biblical conceptions of violence"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1108494358 |