War in the Hebrew Bible : a study in the ethics of violence / Susan Niditch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niditch, Susan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

War--Biblical teaching.

War.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Old Testament.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii,180p.)

Edition:

New ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028271-1

0-19-774183-5

1-280-45148-3

0-19-802395-2

0-19-535691-8

1-4237-5886-2

OCLC:

908078659