Coping with violence in the New Testament / edited by Pieter G.R. de Villiers and Jan Willem van Henten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Villiers, Pieter.

Henten, Jan Willem van, 1955-

Series:

Studies in theology and religion ; v. 16.

Studies in theology and religion, 1566-208X ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in the Bible--Congresses.

Violence in the Bible.

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.

Violence.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 violence on the sacred has gone unnoticed and unchallenged for a very long time. The present publication aims to contribute to the recent scholarly debate about the interconnections between violence and monotheistic religions by analysing the role of violence in the New Testament as well as by offering some hermeneutical perspectives on violence as it is articulated in the earliest Christian writings. Contributors include: Andries G. van Aarde, Paul Decock, Pieter G.R. de Villiers, Ernest van Eck, Jan Willem van Henten, Rob van Houwelingen, Kobus Kok, Tobias Nicklas, Jeremy Punt, Jan G. van der Watt, and Wim Weren.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introductory essays

pt. 2. Case studies

pt. 3. Epilogue.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-47069-1

9786613470690

90-04-22105-0

OCLC:

775301933

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004221055 DOI