A cry instead of justice
Subtitle: the Bible and cultures of violence in psychological perspective
By: edited by Dereck Daschke and D. Andrew Kille.
Contributors: Daschke, Dereck.; Kille, D. Andrew, 1950-
Series: The library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- #499
Publisher: T & T Clark International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780567027245
Subjects: Violence -- Biblical teaching; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: This title identifies violence as a complex subject addressed in a variety of ways by Biblical literature. It illustrates ways in which psychological interpretation helps make sensible the worlds of the Bible and the worlds in which it is read and interpreted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Bible and the psychology of violence / D. Andrew Kille; title: Part I: Cultures of violence in the Bible; title: Paradise lost : childhood punishment and the myth oAdam's sin / Benjamin Abelow; title: With the jawbone of a donkey : shame, violence, and punishment in the Samson narrative / Daniel J. Terry; title: Biblical terrorism / Dan Merkur; title: The transgression of aggression : learning to love the hate in the New Testament (and ourselves!) / Michael Willett Newheart; title: Part II: The Bible within cultures of violence; title: Submit or else! : intimate partner violence, aggression, abusers, and the Bible  Ronald R. Clark, Jr.; title: The quiet storm : explaining the cultural context of violence against women within a feminist perspective / Carol Klose Smith and Darcie Davis-Gage; title: The deadly search for God : absolute aggression in the heritage of the Bible / Matthias Beier; title: A destroyer will come against Babylon : George W. Bush's oracles against the nations / Dereck Daschke; title: Sent ahead or left behind? : war and peace in the Apocalypse, eschatology, and the eft behind series / Ronald R. Clark, Jr.