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In the beginning was the state : divine violence in the Hebrew Bible / Adi M. Ophir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ophir, Adi, author.
- Series:
- Idiom. Inventing writing theory.
- Fordham scholarship online.
- Idiom. Inventing writing theory
- Fordham scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence in the Bible.
- Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This text explores God's use of violence as depicted in the Hebrew Bible. Ophir shows how the Bible's varied formations of divine violence anticipate the main outlines of the modern European state. A critique of the modern state, the book argues, must begin in unpacking its mostly repressed theological dimension.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2023.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 24, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781531503888
- 1531503888
- 9781531501426
- 1531501427
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