Uncovering violence : reading biblical narratives as an ethical project / Amy C. Cottrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cottrill, Amy C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2021]

Summary:

Uncovering Violence seeks to provide a theoretical vocabulary for the various forms that violence can take-including textual violence, interpretive violence, moral injury, and slow violence-and to offer a fresh ethical reading of violence in the biblical text.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Challenge: Recognizing and Encountering Violence and Its Effects

1. Sisera's Mother at the Window in Judges 5: Warfare, Moral Injury, and the Humanization of the Enemy

2. Samson, Masculinity, and Violence in Judges 13-16

3. The Slow Violence of the Book of Ruth

4. Abigail and the Poisonous Knowledge of Violence

Conclusion-Bearing Witness to Biblical Violence: A Final Reflection

Selected Bibliography

Scripture Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781646982189

1646982185