The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament’s Troubling Legacy. By Eric A. Seibert
This book is about the potentially violent consequences of biblical texts, hermeneutics, and the authority of Scripture. The basic thesis of this book is easy to summarize: the starting point is the assumption that violence, whoever the agent may be, is always bad (pp. 6, 69, 153). For the purpose o...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-168 |
| Review of: | The violence of Scripture (Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, 2012) (Zehnder, Markus)
The violence of Scripture (Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, 2012) (Zehnder, Markus) |
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| Summary: | This book is about the potentially violent consequences of biblical texts, hermeneutics, and the authority of Scripture. The basic thesis of this book is easy to summarize: the starting point is the assumption that violence, whoever the agent may be, is always bad (pp. 6, 69, 153). For the purpose of the book, violence is defined broadly, as ‘physical, emotional, or psychological harm done to a person by an individual (or individuals), institution, or structure that results in injury, oppression, or death’ (p. 9), ‘including everything from verbal assault to mass murder’ (p. 10), or ideologies such as patriarchy and sexism or ethnocentrism (p. 10). Because violence in all its forms is always bad, the Bible should never be used to promote or justify acts of violence (p. 2). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt216 |