Holy Scriptures as justifications for war
Subtitle: fundamentalist interpretations of the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur'an
By: Albert B. Randall ; with a foreword by Royce P. Jones.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr; Brand: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780773452176
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish ; Bible. -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; War -- Religious aspects; Sacred books -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Let's play the game which book is the most violent; title: Violence in the Tanakh; title: Violence in the New Testament; title: Violence in the Qur'an; title: Holy books do not fall from the sky; title: Literalism and inerrancy : forms of idolatry; title: The impossibility and irrationality of literalism; title: The problems of translations; title: The idolatry of inerrancy; title: The fallacy of accent and false cause; title: The Christian Bible : from henotheism to monotheism; title: From the warrior Yahweh to the creator Eloh-im : from henotheism to monotheism; title: The henotheistic origins of holy war (Herem); title: The Qur'an-holy war is a sin 1- Islam and the spiritual peace of submission to Gd; title: Inerrancy and literalism : the Tanakh, New Testament and Qur'an; title: The Jihads by the heart, tongue, arm and sword; title: The spiritual Jihad; title: The twelfth Imam Shi'a and the Sunni Wahhabis; title: The twelfth Imam Shi'a; title: The Sunni Wahhabis; title: Having or being-an apology for peace; title: Epilogue: A devotion on prayer and love.