| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Semeia Studies ; v. 82 |
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Semeia studies.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Reading the Hebrew Bible on the American continent. Violence in national security arrangements: the case of the United States, the Caribbean, and the nations in the oracles against the nations / Steed Vernyl Davidson ; Contesting state violence: the Bible, the public good, and divinely sanctioned violence in the Texas borderlands / Gregory Lee Cuéllar ; "How long, oh God? I cry for help": Habakkuk, violence, and the quest for a just God in Honduras / Renata Furst ; The culture of fear: about internalized violence in ancient Near Eastern and biblical literatures / José Enrique Ramírez-Kidd -- Part 2. Reading biblical texts in American contexts. Denouncing imperialism: an Argentine rereading of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9) / Pablo R. Andiñach ; Biblical interpretation as violence: Genesis 19 and Judges 19 in the context of HIV and AIDS / Cheryl B. Anderson ; How to read the Bible in the belly of the beast: about the politics of biblical hermeneutics within the United States of America / Susanne Scholz ; "They will be yours for corvée and serve you": forced labor in the Hebrew Bible, modern America, and twentieth-century Communist states / Serge Frolov ; Trauma all around: pedagogical reflections on victimization and privilege in theological responses to biblical violence / Julia M. O'Brien -- Part 3. Responses. "The earth was filled with violence": reading the Hebrew Bible against la violencia / Nancy Bedford ; La violencia and the return of the monstrous: a response / Todd Penner ; The interconnectedness of la violencia: a response from Brazil (in Portuguese) / Ivoni Richter Reimer |
| Summary |
Exegetically noteworthy and culturally-theologically relevant Violence in its wide range of horrifying expressions is real in people's lives, and biblical interpreters must take violence in the world seriously to arrive at relevant ideas about the place of the Bible in the world. Each essay addresses people's experiences of violence in the study of the Bible through the context of la violencia, the Spanish noun referring to the brutal, repressive, and murderous policies of state-sponsored violence practiced in many South and Central American and Caribbean countries during the twentieth century that external powers such as the USA often endorsed and fostered. The volume represents an important contribution to biblical studies and to the field of Latina/o studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English, with summaries in Spanish in parts 1 and 2; 1 response in Portuguese |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- United States
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Violence in the Bible.
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Violence in the Bible
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scholz, Susanne, 1963- editor.
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| LC no. |
2016014135 |
| ISBN |
9780884141310 |
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0884141314 |
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