The Bible and colonialism : a moral critique / / Michael Prior
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| Autore: |
Prior Michael (Michael P.)
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| Titolo: |
The Bible and colonialism : a moral critique / / Michael Prior
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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (342 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 325.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Land tenure - Biblical teaching |
| Land use - Biblical teaching | |
| Land tenure - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The biblical claim of the divine promise of land is integrally linked with a divine mandate to exterminate the indigenous people. The narrative has supported virtually all Western colonizing enterprises (e.g. in Latin America, South Africa, Palestine), resulting in the suffering of millions of people, and loss of respect for the Bible. According to modern secular standards of human and political rights, what the biblical narrative calls for are war-crimes and crimes against humanity. In this provocative and compelling study, Prior protests at the neglect of the moral question in conventional l biblical studies, and attempts to rescue the Bible from being a blunt instrument in the oppression of people. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Bible and colonialism |
| ISBN: | 1-281-78432-X |
| 9786611784324 | |
| 0-567-36922-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808303203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Biblical seminar ; ; 48.