03086nam 2200721Ia 450 991045090450332120200520144314.01-280-45148-30-19-802395-20-19-535691-81-4237-5886-2(CKB)1000000000408105(StDuBDS)AH24084005(SSID)ssj0000268971(PQKBManifestationID)11954607(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268971(PQKBWorkID)10237041(PQKB)10786940(SSID)ssj0000367386(PQKBManifestationID)12103413(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367386(PQKBWorkID)10429766(PQKB)10963093(MiAaPQ)EBC1591198(MiAaPQ)EBC273362(Au-PeEL)EBL1591198(CaPaEBR)ebr10278043(CaONFJC)MIL45148(OCoLC)908078659(Au-PeEL)EBL273362(OCoLC)437173447(EXLCZ)99100000000040810519950918d1995 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWar in the Hebrew Bible[electronic resource] a study in the ethics of violence /Susan NiditchNew ed.New York ;Oxford Oxford University Press19951 online resource (xii,180p.)First published; 1993.0-19-507638-9 0-19-509840-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.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.Nidditch here deals with a wide spectrum of war ideologies in the Hebrew Bible, seeking to discover why and how these views might have made sense to biblical writers. She challenges the stereotype of the violent `Old' Testament. She argues that to understand attitudes about war in the Hebrew Bible is to understand war in general, and how human beings attempt to justify killing and violence.WarBiblical teachingReligionElectronic books.WarBiblical teaching.Religion.221.8/355Niditch Susan902109MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450904503321War in the Hebrew Bible2456194UNINA