{"product_id":"9780567080608","title":"Sanctified Aggression Legacies of Biblical and Post-Biblical Vocabularies of Violence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLibrary of Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSanctified Aggression\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLegacies of Biblical and Post-Biblical Vocabularies of Violence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonneke Bekkenkamp | Yvonne Sherwood | Andrew Mein | Claudia V. Camp\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Biblical Studies \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular\/humanist\/humane can offer a place of refuge from the ravages of religious authority) nor with the equally facile opposing view that religion expresses the \"best\" of human aspirations and that this best is always capable of diffusing or sublating the worst. Rather, it works from the premise that biblical, Jewish and Christian vocabularies continue to resonate, inspire and misfire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the essays here explore how these vocabularies and symbols have influenced, or resonate with, events such as the massacre of Jews in Jedwabne, Poland (1941), the Rwandan Massacre (1994), the tragedy at Columbine High School (1999) and the emergence of the \"Phineas Priesthood\" of white supremacists in North America. Other contributors examine how themes of martyrology, sacrifice and the messianic continue to circulate and mutate in literature, music, drama and film. The collective conclusion is that it is not possible to control biblical and religious violence by simply identifying canonical trouble-spots, then fencing them off with barbed wire or holding peace summits around them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNor is it always possible to draw clear lines between problem and non-problem texts, witnesses and perpetrators, victims and aggressors or \"reality\" and \"art\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 July 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT\u0026amp;T Clark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780567080608\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515242348684,"sku":"9780567080608","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780567080608","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}