The Violence of Scripture : Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy


Eric A. Seibert
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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Lanham : : Fortress Press, , 2012.
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1 online resource (234 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Bible Should Never Be Used to Harm Others; 2. The Old Testament's Troubling Legacy; 3. The Pervasive Presence of "Virtuous" Violence in the Old Testament; 4. The Danger of Reading the Bible; 5. Developing Good Reading Habits: Becoming Ethically Responsible Readers; 6. Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently; 7. Confronting Canaanite Genocide and Its Toxic Afterlife; 8. Keeping the Old Testament from Being Used to Justify War; 9. Preventing Violence against Women. - 10. The Necessity and Urgency of Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently: Some ConclusionsAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Modern Authors. - No one can read far in the Hebrew Bible without encountering depictions of violence carried out by human beings, sometimes in the name of God, or indeed violence carried out or commanded by God-from Cain's murder of Abel to the slaughter of Canaanite populations and much. For those who read the Bible as sacred scripture, such depictions can pose tremendous moral and theological challenges. Eric A. Seibert faces these challenges head-on, offering perspectives on the roles human and divine violence play in different parts of the Old Testament, evaluating the biblical presentation of "virtuous vi
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