This work 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.
This work 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.
Matthew J. Lynch is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, and until 2020, was Academic Dean at Westminster Theological Centre, UK. He is the author of Monotheism and Institutions in the Book of Chronicles: Temple, Priesthood, and Kingship in Post-Exilic Perspective (2014). He is a founding co-host of the OnScript podcast.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. Violence and Ecology: 1. A brother's blood on the land 2. The cosmic ecology of violence 3. Covenant and the restraint of violence in creation Part II. Violence and Moral Speech: 4. Violent deceitfulness in the scheming heart 5. The violence of arrogant speech Part III. Violence and Justice: 6. The outcry of violence 7. Judicial responses to violence 8. Violence and the divine avenger Part IV. Violence and Impurity: 9. Violence and the problem of impurity: key texts 10. The rhetoric of violence and impurity Conclusion Appendix. Biblical terms for violence.
Introduction Part I. Violence and Ecology: 1. A brother's blood on the land 2. The cosmic ecology of violence 3. Covenant and the restraint of violence in creation Part II. Violence and Moral Speech: 4. Violent deceitfulness in the scheming heart 5. The violence of arrogant speech Part III. Violence and Justice: 6. The outcry of violence 7. Judicial responses to violence 8. Violence and the divine avenger Part IV. Violence and Impurity: 9. Violence and the problem of impurity: key texts 10. The rhetoric of violence and impurity Conclusion Appendix. Biblical terms for violence.
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