You Shall Not Kill

ISBN 10: 3525552688 / ISBN 13: 9783525552681

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2018

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Zustandsbeschreibung: leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear. The Prohibition of Killing in Ancient Religions and Cultures. Edited by J. Cornelis des Vos and Hermut Löhr with the assistance of Juliane Ta Van. The contributions in this volume go back to a conference which took place in Münster from 13 to 15 January 2011 entitled 'You Shall Not Kill: The Prohibition of Killing as a Norm in Ancient Religions and Cultures'. Die Tötung von Menschen wird in vielen biblischen Texten thematisiert. Locus classicus ist das Tötungsverbot im Dekalog (Ex 20,13; Dtn 5,17). Die zentrale Frage des Bandes ist, ob und wie biblische und nicht-biblische Tötungsverbote als Norm in der Antike funktionieren. Beiträge aus den Bereichen des altorientalischen und antiken Rechts, der Bibelwissenschaft, der alten Geschichte, des antiken Judentums und der frühen Kirchengeschichte geben Einblicke in diese bis heute aktuelle Thematik. Fachkundige Experten behandeln das Tötungsverbot, indem sie die zentralen Frage- und Problemstellungen, die sich in altorientalischer, patristischer und mittelalterlicher Zeit unterschiedlich darstellen, kritisch beleuchten und diskutieren. Mit 12 Beiträgen - davon 8 in englischer und vier in deutscher Sprache - von Matthias Köckert, Guido Pfeifer, Reinhard Achenbach u.a. 310 Seiten mit 38 Farbabb., gebunden (Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements; Vol. 27/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2018). Statt EUR 99,00. Gewicht: 648 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Shall Not Kill
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3525552688
• ISBN 13: 9783525552681
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Wie Neu
• Weight: 648 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Kirchengeschichte der Antike
  • Kirchenrecht
  • Antikes Judentum

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Synopsis

"You shall not kill" seems to be a self-evident norm, both in modernity and in antiquity. But what does this prohibition exactly mean? Does it only apply to humans or also to non-human beings? And what about indirect or unintentional killing? Is killing legitimate under certain circumstances? The prohibition of killing was most likely a prohibition of homicide, in its original context of the Decalogue (Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17). However, as we all know, many other texts in the Bible refer to killing humans. Moreover, killing others in war or death penalty for capital crimes does not seem to be problematic in the biblical world. Sometimes God seems to be someone, for whom people should be killed for or who wants or orders others to be killed. In a few cases, it is God him/herself who appears as the one who kills. On the contrary other opinions like humans being created in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27; 9,6) making them "god like," which implicitly prohibits killing them, or the general prohibition of killing "You shall not kill" in the Decalogue, are articulated in the Bible. The central question of this volume is whether and how biblical and non-biblical killing prohibitions function as a norm in antiquity. The contributors stem from different research fields such as ancient law, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, New Testament, ancient Judaism, ancient history, and the church fathers. The volume covers a time spanning from the Ancient Near East up to the Christian patristic era with a look forward to Martin Luther.

About the Author

Dr. J. Cornelis de Vos ist Vertretungsprofessor fur Neues Testament an der Universitat Munster und Projektleiter im Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik. Dr. Hermut Lohr ist Professor fur Neues Testament und Antikes Judentum an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultat der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn.