Gendering War and Peace in the Gospel of Luke

Addresses the problem of the disruption of peace with war against Jerusalem in the Gospel of Luke.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. War and peace in the Gospel of Luke; 2. Gender, age, and the violence of war; 3. Facing a siege; 4. Ending a siege; 5. Women, children, and the iconography of peace and war; 6. Luke's warnings of war; Appendix: the vocabulary of siege warfare in Luke 19:41-44 and 21:20-24.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Caryn A. Reeder is Associate Professor of New Testament at Westmont College, California.

Zusammenfassung

The book explores the representation of peace and the violent destruction of war with pregnant women, nursing mothers, and their children in the Gospel of Luke in the contexts of the biblical and classical worlds. It will be of interest to New Testament and classical scholars, and scholars of war.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Caryn Reeder, Caryn (Westmont College Reeder, Caryn A Reeder, Caryn A. Reeder, Caryn A. (Westmont College Reeder
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781108471398
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47139-8
• Seiten: 274
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments, Biblical Commentaries