Coping with violence in the New Testament /

Coping with violence in the New Testament /

Violence is present in the very heart of religion and its sacred traditions - also of Christianity and the Bible. The problem, however, is not only that violence is ingrained in the mere existence of religions with their sacred traditions. It is equally problematic to realise that the icy grip of vi...

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Other Authors: De Villiers, Pieter., Henten, J. W. van.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Studies in Theology and Religion 16.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.

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Bible. > N.T. > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > Congresses.
Violence in the Bible > Congresses.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity > Congresses.

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Call Number: BS2545.V55 C67 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Religion, Bible and Violence /
  • Jan Willem van Henten
  • Violence in the New Testament and the Roman Empire: Ambivalence, Othering, Agency /
  • Jeremy Punt
  • Paul's Version of "Turning the Other Cheek": Rethinking Violence and Tolerance /
  • Andries van Aarde
  • Violence in the Letter to the Galatians? /
  • Francois Tolmie
  • A Godfighter Becomes a Fighter for God /
  • Rob van Houwelingen
  • Jesus and Violence: An Ideological-Critical Reading of the Tenants in Mark 12:1-12 and Thomas 65 /
  • Ernest van Eck
  • The Use of Violence in Punishing Adultery in Biblical Texts (Deuteronomy 22:13-29 and John 7:53-8:11) /
  • Wim J.C. Weren
  • Violence in a Gospel of Love /
  • Jan van der Watt and Jacobus Kok
  • Images of War and Creation, of Violence and Non-Violence in the Revelation of John /
  • Paul B. Decock
  • Unmasking and Challenging Evil: Exegetical Perspectives on Violence in Revelation 18 /
  • Pieter G.R. de Villiers
  • The Eschatological Battle according to the Book of Revelation: Perpectives on Revelation 19:11-21 /
  • Tobias Nicklas
  • Hermeneutical Perspectives on Violence in the New Testament /
  • Pieter G.R. de Villiers
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Passages
  • Subject Index.