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  • 1 - Biblical Paradigms of War in History and Eschatology

  • from Part I - Classical Foundations
  • Edited by Margo Kitts, Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
    Published online:
    04 May 2023
    Print publication:
    11 May 2023, pp 35-51

  • Summary

    From songs of liberation (Exodus 15) to prescriptions for genocidal violence (Deuteronomy 7:1), the biblical views on war are diverse and complicated. Ritualized preparations and borrowed Near Eastern mythological paradigms for battle have been argued to serve Israelite identity formation rather than to report actual history, but also to support fantasies of violent end-times, moments of therapeutic repose in the face of oppression, and hope for the eventual restoration of righteousness.