Coping with violence in the New Testament / edited by Pieter G.R. de Villiers and Jan Willem van Henten.
| Other author | De Villiers, Pieter. |
| Other author | Henten, J. W. van. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | x, 305 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in theology and religion, 1566-208X ; v. 16 Studies in theology and religion v. 16. ^A1259527 |
| Contents | Religion, Bible and violence / Jan Willem van Henten -- Violence in the New Testament and the Roman Empire: Ambivalence, othering, agency / Jeremy Punt -- Paul's version of "turning the other cheek": Rethinking violence and tolerance / Andries van Aarde -- Violence in the Letter to the Galatians? / Francois Tolmie -- A godfighter becomes a fighter for God / Rob van Houwelingen -- Jesus and violence: an ideological-critical reading of the tenants in Mark 12:1-12 and Thomas 65 / Ernest van Eck -- The use of violence in punishing adultery in biblical texts : (Deuteronomy 22:13-29 and John 7:53-8:11) / Wim J.C. Weren -- Violence in a gospel of love / Jan van der Watt and Jacobus Kok -- Images of war and creation, of violence and non-violence in the Revelation of John / Paul B. Decock -- Unmasking and challenging evil: Exegetical perspectives on violence in Revelation 18 / Pieter G.R. de Villiers -- The eschatological battle according to the book of Revelation: Perspectives on Revelation 19:11-21 / Tobias Nicklas -- Hermeneutical perspectives on violence in the New Testament / Pieter G.R. de Villers. |
| General note | Proceedings of a conference held Jan. 21-23, 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-294) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011042158 |
| ISBN | 9789004221048 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004221042 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |