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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 bellicose. The reason is rather that the Bible is fundamentally a project of constructing a new national identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand military conquest by imperial armies. Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, Wright shows how biblical authors, like the architects of national identities from more recent times, constructed a new and influential notion of peoplehood in direct relation to memories of war, both real and imagined. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

War --- Jews --- Nationalism and collective memory --- National characteristics, Israeli. --- Biblical teaching. --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Identity. --- Bible. --- Socio-rhetorical criticism. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Palestine --- In the Bible. --- Israeli national characteristics --- Collective memory and nationalism --- Collective memory --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Christianity and war --- War and Judaism --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Biblical Studies --- Judaism --- Theology --- Religious Studies --- memory studies

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The monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking. In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human kings' military activities are legitimated through their identification with this cosmic struggle against chaos, begun by the divine king at creation. Military violence is thereby cast not only as morally tolerable but as morally imperative. Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking.The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.

Military art and science --- Violence --- War --- History --- Religious aspects --- Judaism --- Biblical teaching --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Ethics --- 221.08*2 --- 221.08*2 Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal ethica juridica Israelis vroomheid --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal ethica juridica Israelis vroomheid --- Military ethics --- Art et science militaires --- Guerre --- Morale militaire --- History. --- Biblical teaching. --- Judaism. --- Histoire --- Aspect religieux --- Judaïsme --- Enseignement biblique --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Ethics. --- Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible. O.T. -- Ethics. --- Military art and science -- Middle East -- History. --- Military art and science -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Violence -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. --- War -- Biblical teaching. --- War -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. --- War and Judaism --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Peace --- 221.08*2 Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Military art and science - Middle East - History --- Violence - Religious aspects - Judaism --- War - Biblical teaching --- War - Religious aspects - Judaism --- Military art and science - Moral and ethical aspects --- Cosmology. --- Ideology. --- War.