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Isaiah's vision of peace in biblical and modern international relations : swords into plowshares
- Title
- Isaiah's vision of peace in biblical and modern international relations : swords into plowshares / edited by Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BS1515.6.P4 I83 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 285 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Culture and religion in international relations
- Uniform Title
- Culture and religion in international relations.
- Alternative Title
- Swords into plowshares
- Subjects
- Note
- Series from jacket.
- Proceedings of a colloquium held June 29-July 4, 2005 in Florence, Italy.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-266) and indexes.
- Contents
- Prophetic Texts -- 1. Introduction: The World of Isaiah / Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook -- I. Peace Orders Ancient and Modern -- 2. On Pax Assyriaca in the Eighth-Seventh Centuries B.C.E. and Its Implications / Frederick Mario Fales -- 3. Swords into Plowshares in an Age of Global Governance / Andrew Hurrell -- II. The Search for Security -- 4. Let Other Kingdoms Struggle with the Great Powers - You, Judah, Pay the Tribute and Hope for the Best: The Foreign Policy of the Kings of Judah in the Ninth-Eighth Centuries B.C.E. / Nadav Na'aman -- 5. "You Have Heard What the Kings of Assyria Have Done": Disarmament Passages vis-a-vis Assyrian Rhetoric of Intimidation / Theodore J. Lewis -- III. Isaiah and International Relations Theory -- 6. Is Isaiah an "Offensive Liberal"?: International Relations Theory Responds to Isaiah's Vision of World Order / Benjamin Miller -- 7. Is Isaiah a Social Constructivist? / Tal Dingott Alkopher -- IV. Isaiah and the Literary Tradition -- 8. Swords into Plowshares: The Development and Implementation of a Vision / Hugh Williamson -- 9. World Peace and "Holy War" - Two Sides of the Same Theological Concept: "YHWH as Sole Divine Power" (A Canonical-Intertextual Reading of Isaiah 2:1-5, Joel 4:9-21, and Micah 4:1-5) / Irmtraud Fischer -- V. Religion and International Politics -- 10. Isaiahs Vision of Human Security: Virtue Ethics and International Politics in the Ancient Near East / Scott M. Thomas -- 11. From Holy War to Holy Peace: Biblical Alternatives to Belligerent Rhetoric / Martti Nissinen -- VI. Ethics and International Politics -- 12. Isaiah's Prophecy and the Idea of "Classical Harmony" / Sasson Sofer -- 13. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!": A Realist Response to Isaiah's Irenic Vision / Adrian Hyde-Price -- 14. Conclusion: Swords into Plowshares Then and Now / Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook.
- ISBN
- 1403977356
- 9781403977359
- LCCN
- 2007030309
- OCLC
- ocn162501931
- 162501931
- SCSB-5392417
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries