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Fighting words : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts / edited by John Renard.

Contributor(s): Renard, John, 1944-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: vii, 254 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520258310 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520258312 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520274198 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520274199 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Violence -- Religious aspects | Sacred books -- History and criticism | Religions -- RelationsDDC classification: 201/.76332 LOC classification: BL65.V55 | F64 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Exegesis and violence : texts, contexts, and hermeneutical concerns / John Renard -- A brief history of war in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish interpretive tradition / Reuven Firestone -- Annihilate Amalek : Christian perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 / Bernhard A. Asen -- Violence in the New Testament and the history of interpretation / Leo D. Lefebure -- Finhās of Medina : Islam, "the Jews," and the construction of religious militancy / Michael A. Sells -- The Baha'i tradition : the return of Joseph and the peaceable imagination / Todd Lawson -- Justifiable force and holy war in Zoroastrianism / Jamsheed K. Choksy -- The failure of allegory : notes on textual violence and the Bhagavad Gita / Laurie L. Patton -- Words as weapons : theory and practice of a righteous war (dharam yudh) in Sikh texts / Pashaura Singh.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL65 .V55 F64 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903499511

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exegesis and violence : texts, contexts, and hermeneutical concerns / John Renard -- A brief history of war in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish interpretive tradition / Reuven Firestone -- Annihilate Amalek : Christian perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 / Bernhard A. Asen -- Violence in the New Testament and the history of interpretation / Leo D. Lefebure -- Finhās of Medina : Islam, "the Jews," and the construction of religious militancy / Michael A. Sells -- The Baha'i tradition : the return of Joseph and the peaceable imagination / Todd Lawson -- Justifiable force and holy war in Zoroastrianism / Jamsheed K. Choksy -- The failure of allegory : notes on textual violence and the Bhagavad Gita / Laurie L. Patton -- Words as weapons : theory and practice of a righteous war (dharam yudh) in Sikh texts / Pashaura Singh.

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