Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 STAYING WITH THE VIOLENCE 13
6. 2 THEOCRACY: THE PERSISTENCE OF AN ANCIENT LACUNA 45
7. 3 THE RULE OF DISASTER: EXTINCTION, GENOCIDES, AND OTHER CALAMITIES 96
8. 4 HOLY POWER: STATES OF EXCEPTION, TARGETED KILLINGS, AND THE LOGIC OF SUBSTITUTION 145
9. 5 THE TIME OF THE COVENANT AND THE TEMPORALIZATION OF VIOLENCE 193
10. AFTERWORD: THE PENTATEUCHAL STATE, AND OURS 241
11. NOTES 257
12. WORKS CITED 317
13. INDEX 335