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Zusatztext Mentioned in Hebrew Studies! Volume LII. Informationen zum Autor Dereck Daschke is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Truman State University and the chair of the Psychology and Biblical Studies Section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. D. Andrew Kille, Ph.D., is director of Interfaith Space in San Jose, California. He is an Associate Editor of The Bible Workbench, and former chair of the Psychology and Biblical Studies Section of the SBL. He has written extensively in psychological biblical criticism; his latest book, edited with Wayne G. Rollins, is Psychological Insight into the Bible: Texts and Readings (Eerdmans, 2007). Klappentext Within a book widely touted as the path to peace! violence has incongruously been central to the Bible and how it is used. This collection book examines the manifestations of violence in Scripture! and the ways that Scripture itself - whether violent in content or not - can be used to justify violence and aggression in specific social circumstances.> Within a book widely touted as the path to peace, violence has incongruously been central to the Bible and how it is used. This collection book examines the manifestations of violence in Scripture, and the ways that Scripture itself - whether violent in content or not - can be used to justify violence and aggression in specific social circumstances. Zusammenfassung Within a book widely touted as the path to peace, violence has incongruously been central to the Bible and how it is used. This book examines the manifestations of violence in Scripture, and the ways that Scripture itself - whether violent in content or not - can be used to justify violence and aggression in specific social circumstances today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Bible and the Psychology of ViolenceD. Andrew KillePart I: Cultures Of Violence In The BibleParadise Lost: Childhood Punishment and the Myth of Adam's SinBenjamin Abelow, M.D.With the Jawbone of a Donkey: Shame, Violence and Punishment in the Samson Narrative Daniel J. TerryBiblical TerrorismDan MerkurThe Transgression of Aggression: Learning to Love the Hate in the New Testament (and Ourselves!)Michael Willett NewheartPart II: The Bible Within Cultures Of ViolenceSubmit or Else!: Intimate Partner Violence, Aggression, Abusers, and the BibleRonald R. Clark, Jr.The Quiet Storm: Explaining the Cultural Context of Violence against Women within a Feminist PerspectiveCarol Klose Smith and Darcie Davis-GageThe Deadly Search for God: Absolute Aggression in the Heritage of the BibleMatthias Beier, Drew University"A Destroyer Will Come Against Babylon": George W. Bush's Oracles Against the NationsDereck DaschkeSent Ahead or Left Behind? War and Peace in the Apocalypse, Eschatology, and the Left Behind SeriesRonald R. Clark, Jr.ContributorsBibliographyIndex...
