War, memory, and national identity in the Hebrew Bible

War, memory, and national identity in the Hebrew Bible [electronic resource] / Jacob L. Wright, Emory University, Atlanta.

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"The Hebrew Bible is permeated with depictions of military conflicts that have profoundly shaped the way many think about war. Why does war occupy so much space in the Bible? In this book, Jacob Wright offers a fresh and fascinating response to this question: War pervades the Bible not because...

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Main Author: Wright, Jacob L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
War > Biblical teaching.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Jews > Identity.
Palestine > In the Bible.
Nationalism and collective memory > Israel.
National characteristics, Israeli.

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