03153nam 22006372 450 991058596220332120230125231501.01-108-57589-71-108-57430-01-108-69151-X(CKB)4100000011355944(UkCbUP)CR9781108691512(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90851(PPN)259714720(EXLCZ)99410000001135594420180613d2020|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWar, memory, and national identity in the Hebrew Bible /Jacob L. Wright[electronic resource]Cambridge University Press2020Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2020.1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) digital, PDF file(s)HumanitiesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Aug 2020).1-108-48089-6 The Hebrew Bible is permeated with depictions of military conflicts that have profoundly shaped the way many think about war. Why does war occupy so much space in the Bible? In this book, Jacob Wright offers a fresh and fascinating response to this question: War pervades the Bible not because ancient Israel was governed by religious factors (such as 'holy war') or because this people, along with its neighbors in the ancient Near East, was especially bellicose. The reason is rather that the Bible is fundamentally a project of constructing a new national identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand military conquest by imperial armies. Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, Wright shows how biblical authors, like the architects of national identities from more recent times, constructed a new and influential notion of peoplehood in direct relation to memories of war, both real and imagined. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.WarBiblical teachingWarReligious aspectsJudaismWarReligious aspectsChristianityJewsIdentityNationalism and collective memoryIsraelNational characteristics, IsraeliPalestineIn the BibleBiblical StudiesOld TestamentJudaismTheologyReligious Studiesmemory studiesWarBiblical teaching.WarReligious aspectsJudaism.WarReligious aspectsChristianity.JewsIdentity.Nationalism and collective memoryNational characteristics, Israeli.221.8/35502Wright Jacob L.1049581UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910585962203321War, memory, and national identity in the Hebrew Bible2904706UNINA