The Violence Of Scripture
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Author |
: Eric A. Seibert |
Publisher |
: Fortress Press |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781451424324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1451424329 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Violence of Scripture by : Eric A. Seibert
No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. Over the years, these texts have been used to justify all sorts of violence: from colonizing people and justifying warfare, to sanctioning violence against women and children. Eric Seibert confrons the problem of "virtuous" violence and urges people to engage in an ethically responsible reading of these troublesome texts. He offers a variety of reading strategies designed to critique textually sanctioned violence, while still finding ways to use even the most difficult texts constructively, thus providing a desperately needed approach to the violence of Scripture that can help us live more peaceably in a world plagued by religious violence. --from publisher description
Author |
: L. Daniel Hawk |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 351 |
Release |
: 2019-01-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467452601 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467452602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Violence of the Biblical God by : L. Daniel Hawk
How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another? The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework, solidly rooted in the authority of Scripture, for understanding the paradox of God’s participation in violence. Hawk shows how the historical narrative of the Bible offers multiple canonical pictures for faithful Christian engagement with the violent systems of the world.
Author |
: Jerome F.D. Creach |
Publisher |
: Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2013-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780664231453 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0664231454 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Violence in Scripture by : Jerome F.D. Creach
The Bible frequently depicts God as angry and violent, and sometimes depicts human violence as positive or even as commanded by God. This forms one of the most vexing problems in approaching Scripture and interpreting the Bible for preaching and teaching today. In this volume, Creach first examines the theological problems of violence and categorizes the types of violence that appear in scripture. He then wrestles with the most important biblical texts on violence to work through specific interpretational issues. This new volume in the Interpretation: Resources for Use of Scripture in the Church series will help preachers and pastors interpret those difficult texts, encouraging them to face violence in the Bible with honesty.
Author |
: Julia Snyder |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 142 |
Release |
: 2020-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351024204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351024205 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scripture and Violence by : Julia Snyder
In the public sphere, it is often assumed that acts of violence carried out by Muslims are inspired by their religious commitment and encouraged by the Qur’an. Some people express similar concerns about the scriptures and actions of Christians and Jews. Might they be right? What role do scriptural texts play in motivating and justifying violence in these three traditions? Scripture and Violence explores the complex relationship between scriptural texts and real-world acts of violence. A variety of issues are addressed, including the prevalent modern tendency to express more concern about other people’s texts and violence than one’s own, to treat interpretation and application of scriptural passages as self-evident, and to assume that the actions of religious people are directly motivated by what they read in scriptures. Contributions come from a diverse group of scholars of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity with varying perspectives on the issues. Highlighting the complex relationship between texts and human actions, this is an essential read for students and academics studying religion and violence, Abrahamic religions, or scriptural interpretation. Scripture and Violence will also be of interest to researchers working on religion and politics, sociology and anthropology of religion, socio-political approaches to scriptural texts, and issues surrounding religion, secularity, and the public sphere. This volume could also form a basis for discussions in churches, synagogues, mosques, interfaith settings, and government agencies. The editors of Scripture and Violence have also set up a website including lesson plans/discussion guides for the different chapters in the book, available here: https://www.scriptureandviolence.org/scripture-and-violence-book-and-chapter-discussion-guides
Author |
: Derek Flood |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0692307265 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780692307267 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Disarming Scripture by : Derek Flood
A GOD OF LOVE AND GENOCIDE? For many Christians the problem of violence in Scripture can result in a crisis of faith--especially when we see how such passages have been used throughout history to justify horrific bloodshed in God's name. Moving beyond typical conservative and liberal approaches, which seek to either defend or whitewash over violence in the Bible, Disarming Scripture takes a surprising yet compelling approach: Learning to read the Bible like Jesus did. Along the way the book deals with some very big issues, ranging from passages commanding genocide and infanticide in the Old Testament to passages in the New Testament that have been used to justify slavery, child abuse, and state violence. The take-away is an approach to Scripture that not only sees questioning as an acceptable part of a healthy faith, but as an absolutely essential part of it.
Author |
: M. Daniel Carroll R. |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 193 |
Release |
: 2015-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781575068312 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1575068311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wrestling with the Violence of God by : M. Daniel Carroll R.
The prevalence of evil and violence in the world is a growing focus of scholarly attention, especially violence done in the name of religion and violence found within the pages of the Old Testament. Many atheists consider this reason enough to reject the notion of a supreme deity. Some Christians attempt to exonerate God by reinterpreting problematic passages or by prioritizing portrayals of God’s nonviolence. Other Christians have begun to respond to violence in the Old Testament by questioning the nature of the text itself, though not rejecting belief in a good God. Wrestling with the Violence of God: Soundings in the Old Testament is a response to these challenging issues. The chapters in this volume present empathetic, holistic, and methodologically responsible readings of the Old Testament as Christian Scripture. Contributors from different nationalities, religious traditions, and educational institutions come together to address representative biblical material that depicts violence. Chapters address explicit portrayals of divine violence, human responses to violence of God and violence in the world, alternative understandings of supposedly violent texts, and a hopeful future in which violence is no more. Rather than attempt to offer a conclusive answer to the issue, this volume constructively contributes to the ongoing discussion.
Author |
: Amy Cottrill |
Publisher |
: Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages |
: 188 |
Release |
: 2021-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781646982189 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1646982185 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Uncovering Violence by : Amy Cottrill
It is no surprise that the Bible is filled with stories of violence, having come into being through the crucible of trauma, cultural conflict, and warfare. But the more obvious acts of physical or sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible often overshadow its subtler forms throughout Scripture and belie the variety of perspectives on violence embedded in biblical narratives. This hinders readers' ability to recognize the full spectrum of human engagement with violence, both in texts and in their lived experiences. Uncovering Violence: Reading Biblical Narratives as an Ethical Project 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. Focusing on four narratives from the Hebrew Bible, Cottrill uses the approach of narrative ethics to lay out the many ways that stories can make moral claims on readers, not by delivering a discrete "lesson" or takeaway but by making transformative contact with readers and involving them in a more embodied dialogue with the text. Exploring the narratives of Jael’s killing of Sisera, the toxic masculinity of Samson, environmental devastation and failures of legal systems in Ruth, and Abigail’s mediation with King David, Uncovering Violence presents strategies for reading that allow for this close encounter. In doing so, it helps prepare readers to better recognize, interpret, and even respond to violence and its many effects within and beyond the text.
Author |
: John Dominic Crossan |
Publisher |
: SPCK |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2015-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780281074211 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0281074216 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jesus and the Violence of Scripture by : John Dominic Crossan
This brave and provocative book grapples with Scripture’s two conflicting visions of Jesus and God – one loving and gracious, and the other punitive and vengeful – and explains how readers can better understand these images in a way that enriches their faith. Many portions of the New Testament introduce a compassionate Jesus who turns the other cheek, loves his enemies, and shows grace to all. But the Jesus we find in Revelation and some portions of the Gospels leads an army of angels bent on earthly destruction. Which is the true revelation of the Messiah—and how can both be in the same Bible? Jesus and the Violence of Scriptureexplores this question and offers guidance for all who are confused about which version of the Lord to worship. In doing so the author demonstrates that writers of different books of the Bible not only possessed different visions of God but also different purposes for writing, and that for Christians the only God worthy of our worship is the one revealed through the words and action of the historical Jesus.
Author |
: William J. Webb |
Publisher |
: InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages |
: 412 |
Release |
: 2019-12-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780830870738 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0830870733 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric? by : William J. Webb
Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape raise hard questions about biblical ethics and the character of God. Have we missed something in our traditional readings? Identifying a spectrum of views on biblical war texts, Webb and Oeste pursue a middle path using a hermeneutic of incremental, redemptive-movement ethics.
Author |
: Stephen De Young |
Publisher |
: Ancient Faith Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2021-10-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1955890048 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781955890045 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis God Is a Man of War by : Stephen De Young
Infanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block for Christians and skeptics alike. Yet conventional efforts to understand this violence-whether by downplaying it as allegory or a relic of primitive cultures, or by dismissing the authority of Scripture altogether-tend to raise more questions than they answer. God Is a Man of War offers a fresh interpretation of Old Testament accounts of violence by exploring them through the twofold lens of Orthodox tradition and historical context. Father Stephen De Young examines what these difficult passages reveal about the nature of Christ and His creation, bearing witness to a world filled not only with pain and suffering-often of human making-but also with the love of God.