Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 35-51
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
War in the Bible
;
Eschatology
Abstract:
From songs of liberation (Exodus 15) to prescriptions for genocidal violence (Deuteronomy 7:1), the biblical views on war are diverse and complicated. Ritualized preparations and borrowed Near Eastern mythological paradigms for battle have been argued to serve Israelite identity formation rather than to report actual history, but also to support fantasies of violent end-times, moments of therapeutic repose in the face of oppression, and hope for the eventual restoration of righteousness.
DOI:
10.1017/9781108884075.004
URL:
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