Violence in the New Testament

Violence in the New Testament [electronic resource] / edited by Shelly Matthews and E. Leigh Gibson. - New York : T & T Clark, c2005. - 1 online resource (169 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Violent Acts and Violent Language in the Apostle Paul; 2. The Blood Required of This Generation: Interpreting Communal Blame in a Colonial Context; 3. Collateral Damage: Jesus and Jezebel in the Jewish War; 4. ""By the Finger of God"": Jesus and Imperial Violence; 5. Constructions of Violence and Identities in Matthew's Gospel; 6. Love, Hate, and Violence in the Gospel of John; 7. The Need for the Stoning of Stephen; 8. Violence and Religious Formation: An Afterword; Contributors; Index


English

1283197448 9786613197443 0567397467




Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Violence in the Bible.


Electronic books.

BS2545.V55 / V56 2005

225.8 225.83036