Scripture and Violence

Herausgeber: Snyder, Julia; Weiss, Daniel H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the complex relationship between scriptural texts and real-world acts of violence, this book an essential read for students and academics studying religion and violence, Abrahamic religions, or scriptural interpretation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780815362579
• ISBN-10: 0815362579
• Artikelnr.: 60019867

Autorenporträt

Julia Snyder is Research Associate in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, UK. Daniel H. Weiss is Polonsky-Coexist Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: scripture and violence - is there a bomb in this text? 2.
Reading and debating the Qur'an with ISIS 3. "And God said": do biblical
commands to conquer land make people more violent, or less? 4. Invoking the
Qur¿an in a Muslim debate over suicide attacks 5. Texts and violence in
modern Israel: interpreting Pinchas 6. Why saying "only some Muslims are
violent" is no better than saying "all Muslims are violent" 7. Left behind?
The New Testament and American evangelical Christian support for war 8.
"There never was and never will be": violence and interpretive erasure in
the Jewish tradition 9. Reading scripture reverentially but not univocally:
why words in themselves are not dangerous 10. Wrestling with scripture and
avoiding violence in the university classroom