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The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred: Liberation from the Myth of Sanctioned Violence

Name: The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred: Liberation from the Myth of Sanctioned Violence
Author: James G. Williams
ISBN: 9781556356360

by James G. Williams, Rene Girard

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Overview

This book represents the first comprehensive application to the whole Bible of René Girard's theories on violence, civilization, and religion.

Girard's theories on violence, civilization, and religion have intrigued and confounded scholars in the humanities for almost two decades. In this book, Williams has provided the first comprehensive application of Girard's thought to the whole Bible. What emerges from all of this is a proposal for a biblical theology of the nonviolent God.

Synopsis

About the Author:
James G. Williams, is the author of Gospel Against Parable: Mark's Language of Mystery and Women Recounted: Narrative Thinking and the God of Israel

About the Author, James G. Williams

James G. Williams, now retired, taught Hebrew Bible and New Testament at Syracuse University and is the author of Gospel Against Parable: Mark's Language of Mystery and Women Recounted: Narrative Thinking and the God of Israel.