Biblical terror: why law and restoration in the Bible depend upon fear

"Law and restoration are central concepts in the Bible, but they were not always so. To trace out the formation of those biblical concepts as elements in defensive strategies, Cataldo uses as conversational starting points theories from Zizek, Foucault and Deleuze, all of whom emphasize relatio...

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Main Author: Cataldo, Jeremiah W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Oxford New Dehli Sydney International Clark [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Reviews:[Rezension von: Cataldo, Jeremiah W., Biblical terror] (2018) (Stewart, Alexander E., 1979 -)
Biblical Terror: Why Law and Restoration in the Bible Depend upon Fear, Jeremiah W. Cataldo, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017 (ISBN 978-0-56767-081-6), xiv + 260 pp., hb £85 (2018) (Grene, Clement William)
Series/Journal:T&T Clark biblical studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Legislation (Theology) / Putting through / Restorations, Political
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Old Testament Psychology
B Deleuze, Gilles 1925-1995
B Bible Psychology
B Žižek, Slavoj
B Deleuze, Gilles (1925-1995)
B Bible. Old Testament Social scientific criticism
B Law (Theology) Biblical teaching
B Bible Social scientific criticism
B Fear Biblical teaching
B Foucault, Michel (1926-1984)
B Foucault, Michel 1926-1984
B Jews Restoration Biblical teaching
B Jewish Law
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Summary:"Law and restoration are central concepts in the Bible, but they were not always so. To trace out the formation of those biblical concepts as elements in defensive strategies, Cataldo uses as conversational starting points theories from Zizek, Foucault and Deleuze, all of whom emphasize relation and difference. This work argues that the more modern assumption that biblical authors wrote their texts presupposing a central importance for those concepts is backwards. On the contrary, law and restoration were made central only through and after the writing of the biblical texts - in particular, those that were concerned with protecting the community from threats to its identity as the "remnant". Modern Bible readers, Cataldo argues, must renegotiate how they understand law and restoration and come to terms with them as concepts that emerged out of more selfish concerns of a community on the margins of imperial political power." --
Introduction -- The problems of revelation, ritualization, contradiction, and law's dependence upon them -- Restoration in Haggai-Zechariah as dependent upon difference -- The role of exclusion in monotheistic law -- Constructivism as a consequence of exile -- Differentiating exiles -- Returning to the centrality of religion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and indexes
ISBN:0567670821