War in the Hebrew Bible : a study in the ethics of violence / / Susan Niditch [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Niditch Susan
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| Titolo: |
War in the Hebrew Bible : a study in the ethics of violence / / Susan Niditch [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Edizione: | New ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii,180p.) |
| Disciplina: | 221.8/355 |
| Soggetto topico: | War - Biblical teaching |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War in the Hebrew Bible |
| ISBN: | 0-19-774183-5 |
| 1-280-45148-3 | |
| 0-19-802395-2 | |
| 0-19-535691-8 | |
| 1-4237-5886-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813770703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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