Coping with Violence in the New Testament

Abstract

Preface Jan Willem van Henten (University of Amsterdam, University of Stellenbosch), Pieter G.R. de Villiers (University of the Free State) Part I INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS Chapter One: Religion, Bible and Violence Jan Willem van Henten (University of Amsterdam, University of Stellenbosch) Chapter Two: Violence in the New Testament and the Roman Empire: Ambivalence, Othering, Agency Jeremy Punt (University of Stellenbosch) Part II CASE STUDIES Chapter Three: Paul's Version of Turning the Other Cheek. Rethinking Violence and Tolerance Andries van Aarde (University of Pretoria) Chapter Four: Violence in the Letter to the Galatians? Francois Tolmie (University of the Free State) Chapter Five: A Godfighter Becomes a Fighter for God Rob van Houwelingen (Theological University Kampen) Chapter Six: Jesus and Violence: An Ideological-Critical Reading of the Tenants in Mark 12:1-12 Ernest van Eck (University of Pretoria) Chapter Seven: The Use of Violence in Punishing Adultery in Biblical Texts (Deuteronomy 22:13-29 and John 7:53-8:11) Wim Weren (Tilburg University) Chapter Eight: Violence in a Gospel of Love Jan van der Watt (Radboud University of Nijmegen, University of Pretoria) and Jacobus Kok (University of Pretoria) Chapter Nine: Images of War and Creation, of Violence and Non-Violence in the Revelation of John Paul B. Decock (University of KwaZulu-Natal, St. Joseph's Theological Institute) Chapter Ten: Exegetical Perspectives on Violence in Revelation 18 Pieter G.R. de Villiers (University of the Free State) Chapter Eleven: The Eschatological Battle according to the Book of Revelation: Perpectives on Revelation 19:11-21 Tobias Nicklas (University of Regensburg) Part III EPILOGUE Chapter Twelve: Hermeneutical Perspectives on Violence in the New Testament Pieter G.R. de Villiers (University of the Free State) Bibliography Subject Index