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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520258310 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520258312 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520274198 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520274199 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520954083 (ebook) 0520954084 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40021651278 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012029403 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016167970  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence--Religious aspects.<br/>Sacred books--History and criticism.<br/>Religions--Relations.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL65.V55  / F64 2012