War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

by Jacob L. Wright

The Hebrew Bible is permeated with depictions of military conflicts that have profoundly shaped the way many think about war. Why does war occupy so much space in the Bible? In this book, Jacob Wright offers a fresh and fascinating response to this question: War pervades the Bible not because ancient Israel was governed by religious factors (such as 'holy war') or because this people, along with its neighbors in the ancient Near East, was especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108480896
• ISBN13: 9781108480895
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"