readings in ancient Judaism and Christianity Astell, Ann W. Goodhart, Sandor. Colloquium on Violence and Religion Meeting (2002 : Purdue University) text bibliography conference publication inu Notre Dame, Ind University of Notre Dame Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xiii, 475 p. ; 23 cm. Substitutive reading : an introduction to Girardian thinking, its reception in biblical studies, and this volume / Sandor Goodhart and Ann W. Astell -- Part I. Sacrifice -- ch. 1. Mimesis, sacrifice, and the Bible : a conversation with Sandor Goodhart / Ren Ǧirard -- ch. 2. Bloody logic : the biblical economy of sacrificial substitution and some of its eucharistic implications / Thomas Ryba -- ch. 3. Aspects of the transformation of sacrifice in Judaism / Michael Fishbane -- ch. 4. The Eucharist and the mimesis of sacrifice / Bruce Chilton -- ch. 5. Eucharistic origins : from the New Testament to the liturgies of the golden age / Robert Daly -- ch. 6. Life after death : violence, martyrdom, and academic life in Western religions / Alan F. Segal -- ch. 7. Anti-Judaism, Josephus, and the Hellenistic-Roman period / Louis H. Feldman -- ch. 8. Beyond anti-Judaism : Louis Feldman and the 'lachrymose version' of Jewish history / Erich S. Gruen -- ch. 9. Mimesis, scapegoating, and philo-Semitism : reading Feldman and Girard / Stuart D. Robertson -- Part II. Scripture -- Section 1. hebrew scripture : Genesis 22 -- ch. 10. Creation and akedah : blessing and sacrifice in the Hebrew scriptures / Matthew Pattillo -- ch. 11. The unbinding of Isaac / Steven Stern -- ch. 12. Binding and blessing : a response to Pattillo and Stern / Sandor Goodhart -- Section 2. Holy writings : the book of Job -- ch. 13. Mimesis, sacrifice, and the wisdom of Job / Chris Allen Carter -- ch. 14. The expulsion of complaint from early Jewish worship / William Morrow -- ch. 15. The Book of Job and the problem of evil : reading from theodicy to the ethical / Sandor Goodhart -- Section 3. Christian Gospel : Matthew, Luke, and John -- ch. 16. Luke and the opportune time : reading the temptation story as preface to kingdom and prologue to passion / William Martin Aiken -- ch. 17. A gospel that preaches nonviolence and yet provokes violence / Gřard Ross -̌- ch. 18. 'Exilic' identities, the Samaritans, and the 'Satan' of John / Ann W. Astell -- Section 4. Christian Epistles : colossians and Hebrews -- ch. 19. Aristotle's 'natural slaves' and Colossae's unnatural 'Scythians' : a generative exegesis of Colossians 3:11 / Christopher S. Morrissey -- ch. 20. Is an anti-sacrificial reading of Hebrews plausible? / Poong-In Lee -- ch. 21. Hermeneutics, exegesis, and Ren Ǧirard : a response to Christopher Morrissey and Poong-in Lee / Anthony W. Bartlett. edited by Ann W. Astell and Sandor Goodhart. "First delivered as papers in June 2002 at Purdue University in connection with the annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion"--Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Congresses Sacrifice Biblical teaching Congresses Sacrifice Judaism Congresses Sacrifice Christianity Congresses BS680.S2 S23 2011 203/.4 9780268020385 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0268020388 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2011009410 DLC 170512 20250312110631.0 16684981