War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

• मुख्य लेखक: Wright, Jacob L. (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge University Press 2020
• श्रृंखला: Humanities
• विषय: Judaism: theology; Jewish studies; Political science & theory; Biblical Studies; Old Testament; Judaism; Theology; Religious Studies; memory studies
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, the book shows that war pervades the pages of the Bible because its authors were engaged in an effort to forge a corporate identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand mi...