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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813770703321

Autore

Niditch Susan

Titolo

War in the Hebrew Bible : a study in the ethics of violence / / Susan Niditch [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-774183-5

1-280-45148-3

0-19-802395-2

0-19-535691-8

1-4237-5886-2

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii,180p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

221.8/355

Soggetti

War - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This study considers the full spectrum of war ideologies in the Hebrew Bible, seeking in each case to discover how these violent views made sense to biblical writers. The study of war thus illuminates the social and cultural history of Israel, posing challenging questions in biblical ethics.