Scripture and violence. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julia Snyder and Daniel H. Weiss.
• Editors: Snyder, Julia A, 1980-; Dr, Weiss, Daniel H
• Contents: 1. Introduction: scripture and violence – is there a bomb in this text? Julia Snyder 2. Reading and debating the Qur’an with ISIS Omar Shaukat 3. "And God said": do biblical commands to conquer land make people more violent, or less? Daniel H. Weiss 4. Invoking the Qurʾan in a Muslim debate over suicide attacks Sara Omar 5. Texts and violence in modern Israel: interpreting Pinchas Laliv Clenman 6. Why saying "only some Muslims are violent" is no better than saying "all Muslims are violent" Nauman Faizi 7. Left behind? The New Testament and American evangelical Christian support for war Jacob L. Goodson 8. "There never was and never will be": violence and interpretive erasure in the Jewish tradition Laurie Zoloth 9. Reading scripture reverentially but not univocally: why words in themselves are not dangerous Jim Fodor 10. Wrestling with scripture and avoiding violence in the university classroom Marianne Moyaert
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 201.76332; Violence -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351024204; 9781351024211; 9781351024198; 9781351024228
• Related ISBNs: 9780815362562; 9780815362579
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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