Abstract:In this article Crossan’s analysis of violence in the Christian Bible is assessed by means of two overlapping strategies. The first strategy takes seriously the insistence by scholars of comparative religion that the application of theorised key concepts to case studies may throw new light on an issue. By taking David Chidester’s mapping of definitions and theories of the concept of ‘violence’ as a point of reference, Crossan’s conceptualisation of violence in the Bible is assessed. Secondly, Burton Mack’s cri… Show more
“…Of Mark 11:15-19 Hays (1996:334) persuasively insisted, given the context, that the 'violent' cleansing of the temple ought not to be seen as a paradigmatic warrant of violence for Christians but as 'prophetic symbolism' demonstrating the destruction of the temple. Strijdom (2016) also agreed that:…”
Section: Breaking Violent and Dramatic Traditionsmentioning
“…Of Mark 11:15-19 Hays (1996:334) persuasively insisted, given the context, that the 'violent' cleansing of the temple ought not to be seen as a paradigmatic warrant of violence for Christians but as 'prophetic symbolism' demonstrating the destruction of the temple. Strijdom (2016) also agreed that:…”
Section: Breaking Violent and Dramatic Traditionsmentioning
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