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The Bible and colonialism : a moral critique / Michael Prior.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prior, Michael (Michael P.)
- Series:
- Biblical seminar ; 48.
- Biblical seminar ; 48
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure--Biblical teaching.
- Land tenure.
- Land use--Biblical teaching.
- Land use.
- Land tenure--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The biblical claim of the divine promise of land is integrally linked with a divine mandate to exterminate the indigenous people. The narrative has supported virtually all Western colonizing enterprises (e.g. in Latin America, South Africa, Palestine), resulting in the suffering of millions of people, and loss of respect for the Bible. According to modern secular standards of human and political rights, what the biblical narrative calls for are war-crimes and crimes against humanity. In this provocative and compelling study, Prior protests at the neglect of the moral question in conventional l biblical studies, and attempts to rescue the Bible from being a blunt instrument in the oppression of people.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611784324
- 9781281784322
- 128178432X
- 9780567369222
- 0567369226
- OCLC:
- 276300667
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