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
• 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.

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 sacraliz...