Coping with violence in the New Testament /
Coping with violence in the New Testament /
edited by Pieter G.R. de Villiers and Jan Willem van Henten.
- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages)
- Studies in theology and religion, v. 16 1566-208X ; .
- Studies in Theology and Religion 16. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301. .
Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- Religion, Bible and Violence / Violence in the New Testament and the Roman Empire: Ambivalence, Othering, Agency / Paul’s Version of “Turning the Other Cheek”: Rethinking Violence and Tolerance / Violence in the Letter to the Galatians? / A Godfighter Becomes a Fighter for God / Jesus and Violence: An Ideological-Critical Reading of the Tenants in Mark 12:1–12 and Thomas 65 / The Use of Violence in Punishing Adultery in Biblical Texts (Deuteronomy 22:13–29 and John 7:53–8:11) / Violence in a Gospel of Love / Images of War and Creation, of Violence and Non-Violence in the Revelation of John / Unmasking and Challenging Evil: Exegetical Perspectives on Violence in Revelation 18 / The Eschatological Battle according to the Book of Revelation: Perpectives on Revelation 19:11–21 / Hermeneutical Perspectives on Violence in the New Testament / Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Subject Index. Jan Willem van Henten -- Jeremy Punt -- Andries van Aarde -- Francois Tolmie -- Rob van Houwelingen -- Ernest van Eck -- Wim J.C. Weren -- Jan van der Watt and Jacobus Kok -- Paul B. Decock -- Pieter G.R. de Villiers -- Tobias Nicklas -- Pieter G.R. de Villiers --
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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.
9789004221055
10.1163/9789004221055 DOI
Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.
Violence in the Bible--Congresses.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
BS2545.V55 / C67 2012
225.8/3036
Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- Religion, Bible and Violence / Violence in the New Testament and the Roman Empire: Ambivalence, Othering, Agency / Paul’s Version of “Turning the Other Cheek”: Rethinking Violence and Tolerance / Violence in the Letter to the Galatians? / A Godfighter Becomes a Fighter for God / Jesus and Violence: An Ideological-Critical Reading of the Tenants in Mark 12:1–12 and Thomas 65 / The Use of Violence in Punishing Adultery in Biblical Texts (Deuteronomy 22:13–29 and John 7:53–8:11) / Violence in a Gospel of Love / Images of War and Creation, of Violence and Non-Violence in the Revelation of John / Unmasking and Challenging Evil: Exegetical Perspectives on Violence in Revelation 18 / The Eschatological Battle according to the Book of Revelation: Perpectives on Revelation 19:11–21 / Hermeneutical Perspectives on Violence in the New Testament / Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Subject Index. Jan Willem van Henten -- Jeremy Punt -- Andries van Aarde -- Francois Tolmie -- Rob van Houwelingen -- Ernest van Eck -- Wim J.C. Weren -- Jan van der Watt and Jacobus Kok -- Paul B. Decock -- Pieter G.R. de Villiers -- Tobias Nicklas -- Pieter G.R. de Villiers --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
9789004221055
10.1163/9789004221055 DOI
Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.
Violence in the Bible--Congresses.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
BS2545.V55 / C67 2012
225.8/3036