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Making sense of Old Testament genocide : Christian interpretations of herem passages
- Title
- Making sense of Old Testament genocide : Christian interpretations of herem passages / Christian Hofreiter.
- Author
- Hofreiter, Christian, 1975-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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- Description
- x, 282 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The divine commands to annihilate the seven nations living in Canaan (to 'devote them to destruction', herem in Biblical Hebrew) are perhaps the most morally troubling texts of the Hebrew and Christian bibles. 'Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide: Christian Interpretations of "Herem" Passages' addreses the challenges these texts pose. It presents the various ways in which interpreters from the first century to the twenty-first have attempted to make sense of them. The most troubling approach was no doubt to read them as divine sanction and inspiration for violence and war: the analysis of the use of "herem" texts in the crusades, the inquisition, and various colonial conquests illustrates this violent way of reading the texts, which has such alarming contemporary relevance. Three additional approaches can also be traced to antiquity, viz. pre-critical, non-literal, and divine-command-theory readings. Finally, critics of Christianity from antiquity via the Enlightenment to today have referenced "herem" texts: their critical voices are included as well.
- Series Statement
- Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
- Uniform Title
- Oxford theology and religion monographs.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2873
- ISBN
- 9780198810902
- 0198810903
- OCLC
- 1023827002
- Author
- Hofreiter, Christian, 1975- author.
- Title
- Making sense of Old Testament genocide : Christian interpretations of herem passages / Christian Hofreiter.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Oxford Theology and Religion MonographsOxford theology and religion monographs.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2873