Violence, scripture, and textual practice in early Judaism and Christianity / edited by Raʻanan S. Boustan, Alex P. Jassen, Calvin J. Roetzel.

• Author: Sanctified Violence in Ancient Mediterranean Religions : Discourse, Ritual, Community
• TeilnehmendeR: Boustan, Raʻanan S., 1971-; Jassen, Alex P.; Roetzel, Calvin J.; Sanctified Violence in Ancient Mediterranean Religions : Discourse, Ritual, Community (2007 : University of Minnesota)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill ebook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of a conference entitled, "Sanctified Violence in Ancient Mediterranean Religions : Discourse, Ritual, Community" held Oct. 6-8, 2007 at the University of Minnesota.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction. Violence, Scripture, And Textual Practice In Early Judaism And Christianity /; The Dead Sea Scrolls And Violence: Sectarian Formation And Eschatological Imagination /; The Eschatological Arena: Reinscribing Roman Violence In Fan Tasies Of The End Times /; The Language Of War (2 Cor. 10:1-6) And The Language Of Weakness (2 Cor. 11:21b-13:10) /; Violence As Sign In The Fourth Gospel /; Clemency As Cruelty: Forgiveness And Force In The Dying Prayers Of Jesus And Stephen /; Reconsidering The Book And The Sword: A Rhetoric Of Pas Sivity In Rabbinic Hermeneutics /; Christian Martyrdom And The \'Dialect Of The Holy Scriptures\': The Literal, The Allegorical, The Martyrological /; Immolating Emperors: Spectacles Of Imperial Suffering And The Making Of A Jewish Minority Culture In Late Antiquity /; Martyrdom, Jesus’ Passion And Barbarism /; Select Bibliography /; Index Of Ancient Sources /; Index Of Subjects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282951408; 9786612951404; 9047444787
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raʻanan S. Boustan, Alex P. Jassen, Calvin J. Roetzel.

This volume analyzes the emergence of Jewish and Christian discourses of "religious violence" within their Roman imperial context with an emphasis on the shared textual practices through which authoritative scriptural traditions were redeployed to represent, legitimate, and indeed sacralize violence.