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 scholars, like their compatriots from every walk of life, responded to the great crisis they faced and...
| 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 scholars, like their compatriots from every walk of life, responded to the great crisis they faced and shows that with relatively few exceptions, scholars wanted to contribute to the war effort. But how? Some joined up as soldiers, as in the case of the Leipzig New Testament Professor Caspar René Gregory, who at 67 was Germany's oldest volunteer. More commonly, 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. This volume shows how 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. As such the volume offers new insights into the place of both the bible and biblical scholarship in early 20th-century culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Biblical Scholarship at War, 1914-18 - Andrew Mein, University of Durham, UK -- Part 2: Institutions and Individuals -- 2. Maintaining the Light of Truth? The Mobilization of University Academics, 1914-15 - Tomás Irish, University of Swansea, UK -- 3. For Christ and Kaiser: Caspar René Gregory and the First World War - Timothy J. Demy, US Naval War College, USA -- 4. Between Prophetic Critique and raison d'état: Rudolf Kittel on German Jews in the Great War and on Old Testament Hebrews in Biblical Wars - Lukas Bormann, University of Marburg, Germany -- 5. William Sanday, Modernism, and the First World War - Mark Chapman, University of Oxford, UK -- 6. SOTS, SBL, and WWI: Anglo-American Scholarly Societies and the Great War - Matthew A. Collins, University of Chester, UK -- Part 3: Biblical Texts and Themes -- 7. Thou Shalt not Kill, Unless...: The Decalogue in a Kaiserreich at War - Paul Michael Kurtz, University of Cambridge, UK -- 8. Holy War and the Great War in German Protestant Scholarship on the Old Testament - Nathan MacDonald, University of Cambridge, UK -- 9. Psalms, Patriotism and Propaganda: A Favourite Book in Wartime - Andrew Mein, University of Durham, UK -- 10. Ecstasy versus Ethics: The Impact of World War I on German Biblical Scholarship on the Hebrew Prophets - Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College, USA -- 11. Martyr: Title and First World War Context - Jan Willem van Henten, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands -- 12. World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Fate of Social-Scientific Approaches to the New Testament and Christian Origins - James Crossley, St Mary's University Twickenham, UK -- 13. A Disconnected Dialogue: Adolf von Harnack, C. J. Cadoux, and the Biblical Case for Peace at the Outbreak of World War I - Hugh Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK -- 14. The Great War and the Bible: Some Reflections - Suzanne L. Marchand, Louisiana State University, USA -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Names. |
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| ISBN: | 0567680800 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9780567680808 |