Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Exegesis and Violence: Texts, Contexts, and Hermeneutical Concerns 1
5. 2. A Brief History of War in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish Interpretive Tradition 29
6. 3. Annihilate Amalek: Christian Perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 55
7. 4. Violence in the New Testament and the History of Interpretation 75
8. 5. Finhās of Medina: Islam, “The Jews,” and the Construction of Religious Militancy 101
9. 6. The Baha’i Tradition: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination 135
10. 7. Justifiable Force and Holy War in Zoroastrianism 158
11. 8. The Failure of Allegory: Notes on Textual Violence and the Bhagavad Gita 177
12. 9. Words as Weapons: Theory and Practice of a Righteous War (Dharam Yudh) in Sikh Texts 200
13. Glossary of Names and Technical Terms 227
14. Contributors 235
15. Index 237