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UNINA9910450904503321 |
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Autore |
Niditch Susan |
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Titolo |
War in the Hebrew Bible [[electronic resource] ] : a study in the ethics of violence / / Susan Niditch |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
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1-280-45148-3 |
0-19-802395-2 |
0-19-535691-8 |
1-4237-5886-2 |
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Edizione |
[New ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii,180p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War - Biblical teaching |
Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Ban as God's Portion -- 2. The Ban as God's Justice -- 3. The Priestly Ideology of War in Numbers 31 -- 4. The Bardic Tradition of War -- 5. The Ideology of Tricksterism -- 6. The Ideology of Expediency and Biblical Critique -- 7. Toward an Ideology of Nonparticipation -- Conclusions -- References -- Additional Readings -- Index of Biblical Citations -- General Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Dealing with a wide spectrum of war ideologies in the Hebrew Bible, this study seeks to discover why and how these views might have made sense to biblical writers. It challenges the stereotype of the "violent" Old Testament. |
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