Fighting words : religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts - Renard, John, 1944- (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012)
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 -- Finhas 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Violence -- Religious aspects; Sacred books -- History and criticism; Religions -- Relations