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050	0	0	_aBS680.W2 _bW75 2020
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100	1		_aWright, Jacob L., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWar, memory, and national identity in the Hebrew Bible / _cJacob L. Wright.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Aug 2020).
520			_aThe 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 ancient Israel was governed by religious factors (such as'holy war') or because this people, along with its neighbors in the ancient Near East, was especially bellicose. The reason is rather that the Bible is fundamentally a project of constructing a new national identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand military conquest by imperial armies. Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, Wright shows how biblical authors, like the architects of national identities from more recent times, constructed a new and influential notion of peoplehood in direct relation to memories of war, both real and imagined. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
650		0	_aWar _xBiblical teaching.
650		0	_aWar _xReligious aspects _xJudaism.
650		0	_aWar _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aJews _xIdentity.
651		0	_aPalestine _xIn the Bible.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xSocio-rhetorical criticism.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		0	_aNationalism and collective memory _zIsrael.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Israeli.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108480895
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108691512
907			_a.b16844208 _b2020-12-22 _c2020-12-22
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