Jesus and the subversion of violence: wrestling with the New Testament evidence

Asking about violence rather than peace is to come at the New Testament with a specific set of concerns growing out of a public discourse that has raised the issues of violence to new levels of urgency. While violence may not be as central a concern to the writers of the New Testament as is peace, i...

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Main Author: Neufeld, Thomas R. Yoder 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York SPCK 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Neufeld, Thomas R. Yoder, 1947-, Jesus and the subversion of violence] (2012) (Finamore, Stephen)
[Rezension von: Neufeld, Thomas R. Yoder, 1947-, Jesus and the subversion of violence] (2012) (Docherty, Susan E., 1965 -)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible
B Violence - Enseignement biblique
B Bible - Critique, interprétation, etc
B Electronic books
B Violence - Biblical teaching
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Asking about violence rather than peace is to come at the New Testament with a specific set of concerns growing out of a public discourse that has raised the issues of violence to new levels of urgency. While violence may not be as central a concern to the writers of the New Testament as is peace, it opens up avenues of analysis and reflection that shed important light on the New Testament. For many readers these may be unaccustomed and even troubling
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record
ISBN:0281060681