War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible
Jacob L. (Emory University, Atlanta) Wright
Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, the book shows that war pervades the pages of the Bible because its authors were engaged in an effort to forge a corporate identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand military conquest by imperial armies.
- ISBN-13
- 9781108480895
- ISBN-10
- 1108480896
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Publication date
- 2020-07-23
- Pages
- 296
- Dimensions
- 159x236x27
- Weight
- 594