“A Plague Broke Out among Them”: Reflections on the Bible and the Pandemic
This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage Publ.
2023
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2023, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 246-258 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Environment (Art)
/ Pandemic
/ Epidemic
/ Creation
/ The Americas
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBP America |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This essay seeks to utilize ideas and texts found in the Hebrew Bible in order to historically contextualize the COVID-19 pandemic and to illuminate various existential, religious, political, and ethical issues raised by the current pandemic and our responses to it. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00209643231165034 |