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020			_a9780061990717 (hbk.)
020			_a006199071X (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn695683662
035			_a(OCoLC)695683662
035			_a(OCoLC)695683662 _z(OCoLC)757841497
035			_a(OCoLC)695683662 _z(OCoLC)757841497 _z(OCoLC)767759243
035			_a(Nz)14002389
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC
050	0	0	_aBT736.4 _b.J45 2011
082	0	0	_a220.8/3036 _222
100	1		_aJenkins, Philip, _d1952- _915452
245	1	0	_aLaying down the sword : _bwhy we can't ignore the Bible's violent verses / _cPhilip Jenkins.
246	3	0	_aWhy we can't ignore the Bible's violent verses
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bHarperOne, _cc2011.
300			_aviii, 310 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aScripture as problem. Everything that breathes -- Truth and history -- Words of the sword -- The inheritance. Sons of Joshua -- Warrant for genocide -- Amalekite nightmares -- Truth and reconciliation. Judging God -- Coming to terms -- Historians and prophets -- Preaching the unpreachable -- Scripture alone?
520			_aPhilip Jenkins identifies the "holy amnesia" that, while allowing scriptural religions to grow and adapt, has demanded a nearly wholesale suppression of the Bible's most aggressive passages, leaving them dangerously dormant for extremists to revive in times of conflict. Jenkins lays bare the whole Bible, without compromise or apology, and equips us with tools for reading even the most unsettling texts, from the slaughter of the Canaanites to the alarming rhetoric of the book of Revelation--From publisher description.
630		0	_aBible _xCriticism, interpretation, etc. _915454
650		0	_aPeace _xReligious aspects _xChristianity. _915455
650		0	_aApologetics. _946977
942			_2ddc _cNONFIC
999			_c27960 _d27960