Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Publisher’s note

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part I - Violence and Ecology

pp 15-94

1 - A Brother’s Blood on the Land

pp 23-51

2 - The Cosmic Ecology of Violence

pp 52-69

3 - Covenant and the Restraint of Violence in Creation

pp 70-94

Part II - Violence and Moral Speech

pp 95-144

4 - Violent Deceitfulness in the Scheming Heart

pp 101-119

5 - The Violence of Arrogant Speech

pp 120-144

Part III - Violence and Justice

pp 145-218

6 - The Outcry of Violence

pp 151-166

7 - Judicial Responses to Violence

pp 167-204

8 - Violence and the Divine Avenger

pp 205-218

Part IV - Violence and Impurity

pp 219-260

9 - Violence and the Problem of Impurity

pp 230-250

10 - The Rhetoric of Violence and Impurity

pp 251-260

Conclusion

pp 261-268

Appendix

pp 269-274

Bibliography

pp 275-290

Index

pp 291-292