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Description:This volume analyzes the various and overlapping discourses of a oereligious violencea that emerged within Jewish and Christian culture in the Roman world. Toward this end, the nine papers collected here address both the presence of violence within the authoritative scriptural traditions of early Judaism and Christianity and the redeployment of these older traditions to represent, legitimate, and indeed sacralize violence. Individual papers focus on the specific social and historical contexts from which these texts emerged, while the volume as a whole highlights the patterns of textual practice shared across social and religious boundaries. Throughout, the dynamic interplay between text, tradition, and violence in early Jewish and Christian culture is located within the broad landscape of Roman imperial society.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity. To get started finding Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 301

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Release: 2011

ISBN: 1282951408

Description: This volume analyzes the various and overlapping discourses of a oereligious violencea that emerged within Jewish and Christian culture in the Roman world. Toward this end, the nine papers collected here address both the presence of violence within the authoritative scriptural traditions of early Judaism and Christianity and the redeployment of these older traditions to represent, legitimate, and indeed sacralize violence. Individual papers focus on the specific social and historical contexts from which these texts emerged, while the volume as a whole highlights the patterns of textual practice shared across social and religious boundaries. Throughout, the dynamic interplay between text, tradition, and violence in early Jewish and Christian culture is located within the broad landscape of Roman imperial society.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity. To get started finding Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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