The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Volume 1Praeger, 2004 - 328 pages This extensive series explores themes including the seeds of violence in Biblical interpretation, human sacrifice in the Old Testament, violent religious metaphors, the violent messiah, linguistic and psychoanalytic approaches to religious themes, the jihad in context and in the Qur'an, fundamentalism and violence, and the psychoreligious roots of violence. |
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The Destructive | 1 |
Seeds of Violence in Biblical Interpretation | 35 |
Text | 55 |
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Abraham Amalek ancient apocalyptic archetypal authority battle become behavior Canaanites century child child sacrifice Christ Christian Church claim command conflict context covenant culture Dead Sea Scrolls death defeat destructive Deuteronomy divine enemies ethical evil Exodus fact faith father God's Gospel hand Hebrew Bible herem hermeneutic holy human idealization identity images imagine individual interpretation Isaac Islam Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews jihad Judaism Jung Kierkegaard killing king Lord Marcion Matt means metanarrative metaphor mimetic Moses Muhammad Muslim myth narrative nations NRSV Old Testament passages Paul peace perspective Pharisees Professor prophet Psalm Psychology question Qumran Qur'an religion religious retribution revelation ritual Roman rooted sacred scriptures sacred texts sacrifice scenario scholars Scrolls Seminary social spiritual story Studies sword terror theology thing tion Torah tradition unconscious understanding University verses victim victory violence War Scroll Warrior Western words Yahweh York