“A Plague Broke Out among Them”: Reflections on the Bible and the Pandemic

This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it.

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Main Author: Kaminsky, Joel S. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2023
In: Interpretation
Year: 2023, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 246-258
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B COVID-19 (Disease) / Environment (Art) / Pandemic / Epidemic / Creation / The Americas
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBP America
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Summary:This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00209643231165034