War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

• Главный автор: Wright, Jacob L. (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Серии: Humanities
• Предметы: Judaism: theology; Jewish studies; Political science & theory; Biblical Studies; Old Testament; Judaism; Theology; Religious Studies; memory studies
• Online-ссылка: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Итог

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 military conquest by imperial armies.

ISBN

9781108691512
9781108480895

DOI

10.1017/9781108691512

Доступ

Open Access