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Violence of Scripture : Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy by Eric A. Seibert (2012, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherAugsburg Fortress Publishers

ISBN-100800698258

ISBN-139780800698256

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Book TitleViolence of Scripture : Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Biblical Studies / Old Testament, Biblical Studies / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament

Publication Year2012

GenreReligion

AuthorEric A. Seibert

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal221.8/3036

SynopsisNo one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. Over the years, these texts have been used to justify all sorts of violence: from colonizing people and justifying warfare, to sanctioning violence against women and children. For those who read the Bible as Scripture, these depictions of virtuous violence pose tremendous moral and theological challenges. What can be done to stop people from using the Old Testament in such destructive ways, and how might these violent texts be read more faithfully?Eric Seibert faces these challenges head-on by confronting the problem of virtuous violence and urging people to engage in an ethically responsible reading of these troublesome texts. He offers a variety of reading strategies designed to critique textually sanctioned violence, while still finding ways to use even the most difficult texts constructively, thus providing a desperately needed approach to the violence of Scripture that can help us live more peaceably in a world plagued by religious violence., No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. Over the years, these texts have been used to justify all sorts of violence: from colonizing people and justifying warfare, to sanctioning violence against women and children. For those who ......, No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. Over the years, these texts have been used to justify all sorts of violence: from colonizing people and justifying warfare, to sanctioning violence against women and children. For those who read the Bible as Scripture, these depictions of "virtuous" violence pose tremendous moral and theological challenges. What can be done to stop people from using the Old Testament in such destructive ways, and how might these violent texts be read more faithfully?Eric Seibert faces these challenges head-on by confronting the problem of "virtuous" violence and urging people to engage in an ethically responsible reading of these troublesome texts. He offers a variety of reading strategies designed to critique textually sanctioned violence, while still finding ways to use even the most difficult texts constructively, thus providing a desperately needed approach to the violence of Scripture that can help us live more peaceably in a world plagued by religious violence., Facing the Challenges of "Virtuous Violence" No one can read far in the Hebrew Bible without encountering depictions of violence carried out by human beings, sometimes in the name of God, or indeed violence carried out or commanded by God-from Cain's murder of Able to the slaughter of Canaanite populations and much, much more. For those who read the Bible as sacred scripture, such depictions can pose tremendous moral and theological challenges. For all of us, they pose historical questions as well: Where did these invocations of divinely sanctioned violence come from? How are we to understand them in a world where the lessening of violence is a desperate need? Book jacket. Contents Part 1: Exploring the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy Part 2: Proposing a Way of Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently Part 3: Applying Nonviolent Reading Strategies to Violent Texts Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberBS1199.V56S45 2012