TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seibert,Eric A.
TI  - The violence of Scripture: overcoming the Old Testament's troubling legacy 
SN  - 9780800698256 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1199.V56 S45 2012
U1  - 221.8/3036 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minn.
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Violence in the Bible
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and indexes; Introduction: the Bible should never be used to harm others -- The Old Testament's troubling legacy -- The pervasive presence of "virtuous" violence in the Old Testament -- The danger of reading the Bible -- Developing good reading habits : becoming ethically responsible readers -- Reading the Old Testament nonviolently -- Confronting Canaanite genocide and its toxic afterlife -- Keeping the Old Testament from being used to justify war -- Preventing violence against women -- The necessity and urgency of reading the Old Testament nonviolently : some conclusions
ER  -