Fighting words : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts / edited by John Renard.
Contributor(s): Renard, John
Material type: TextPublisher: 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.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.