The violence of scripture : overcoming the Old Testament's troubling legacy / Eric A. Siebert
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, Copyright 2012.Description: xx, 270 pages ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification: - BS 1199 .V56 Si15 2012
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Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction - The Bible Should Never Be Used to Harm Others
Part 1: Exploring the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy
Chapter 2: The Old Testament's Troubling Legacy
Chapter 3: The Pervasive Presence of "Virtuous" Violence in the Old Testament
Chapter 4: The Danger of Reading the Bible
Part 2: Proposing a way of reading the Old Testament nonviolently
Chapter 5: Developing Good Reading Habits: Becoming Ethically Responsible Readers
Chapter 6: Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently
Part 3: Applying nonviolent reading strategies to violent texts
Chapter 7: Confronting Canaanite Genocide and Its Toxic Afterlife
Chapter 8: Keeping the Old Testament from Being Used to Justify War
Chapter 9: Preventing Violence against Women
Chapter 10: The Necessity and Urgency of Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently - Some Conclusions
Appendix: A Brief Word about Biblical Authority
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