Fighting words : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts /
Fighting words : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts /
edited by John Renard.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
- vii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exegesis and violence : texts, contexts, and hermeneutical concerns / A brief history of war in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish interpretive tradition / Annihilate Amalek : Christian perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 / Violence in the New Testament and the history of interpretation / Finhas of Medina : Islam, "the Jews," and the construction of religious militancy / The Baha'i tradition : the return of Joseph and the peaceable imagination / Justifiable force and holy war in Zoroastrianism / The failure of allegory : notes on textual violence and the Bhagavad Gita / Words as weapons : theory and practice of a righteous war (dharam yudh) in Sikh texts / John Renard -- Reuven Firestone -- Bernhard A. Asen -- Leo D. Lefebure -- Michael A. Sells -- Todd Lawson -- Jamsheed K. Choksy -- Laurie L. Patton -- Pashaura Singh.
9780520258310 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520258312 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520274198 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520274199 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520954083 (ebook) 0520954084 (ebook)
40021651278
2012029403
016167970 Uk
Violence--Religious aspects.
Sacred books--History and criticism.
Religions--Relations.
BL65.V55 / F64 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exegesis and violence : texts, contexts, and hermeneutical concerns / A brief history of war in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish interpretive tradition / Annihilate Amalek : Christian perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 / Violence in the New Testament and the history of interpretation / Finhas of Medina : Islam, "the Jews," and the construction of religious militancy / The Baha'i tradition : the return of Joseph and the peaceable imagination / Justifiable force and holy war in Zoroastrianism / The failure of allegory : notes on textual violence and the Bhagavad Gita / Words as weapons : theory and practice of a righteous war (dharam yudh) in Sikh texts / John Renard -- Reuven Firestone -- Bernhard A. Asen -- Leo D. Lefebure -- Michael A. Sells -- Todd Lawson -- Jamsheed K. Choksy -- Laurie L. Patton -- Pashaura Singh.
9780520258310 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520258312 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520274198 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520274199 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520954083 (ebook) 0520954084 (ebook)
40021651278
2012029403
016167970 Uk
Violence--Religious aspects.
Sacred books--History and criticism.
Religions--Relations.
BL65.V55 / F64 2012