Title: Disloyalty and destruction : religion and politics in Deuteronomy and the modern world /
Authors: Barrett, Rob
Publisher: T & T Clark,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Christianity and politics.; Judaism and politics.; Religion and politics
Abstract: This work is a heuristic reading strategy for a modern reader to engage with YHWH's threats against Israel in Deuteronomy. The biblical text is considered through close reading to discern the logic of YHWH's threats: what motivates the threats, what form the threats take, and what effect the threats expect to produce.
Contents: YHWH's violence : the problem and approaches -- Introductory considerations -- The basic threat : idolatry and destruction -- destruction and restoration as coercion -- Rebellion : traitors in your midst -- The horrors of destruction -- The politics of YHWH and "other gods."