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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.Description: vii, 254 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520258310 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520258312 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520274198 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520274199 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520954083 (ebook)
  • 0520954084 (ebook)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL65.V55 F64 2012
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 -- 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.
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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 -- 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.

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