Original Research

Trends in the history of research on the problem of violence in the Old Testament

S. D. Snyman
Verbum et Ecclesia | Skrif en Kerk: Vol 18, No 1 | a1129 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v18i1.1129 | © 1997 S. D. Snyman | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 19 July 1997 | Published: 19 July 1997

About the author(s)

S. D. Snyman, Department of Old Testament, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa

Full Text:

PDF (279KB)

Abstract

Violence as theological problem is a relative newcomer to the scene of Old Testament studies. It was only during the 1970’s that violence was given major attention by Old Testament scholars. In a number of studies the main focus was on Yahweh and his relation to violence. By the late I970’s the theories of Rene Girard on violence were applied to the Old Testament and played an important role in the thinking of Old Testament scholars on violence. In the last part of the article proposed solutions to the problem of violence in the Old Testament are discussed.

Keywords

No related keywords in the metadata.

Metrics

Total abstract views: 2730
Total article views: 2431


Crossref Citations

No related citations found.