Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The "Ban"

2. History and Ideology

3. Story and Example

4. Eschatological Vengeance

5. Violence and Hermeneutics

Abbreviations

Notes

Select Bibliography

About the Author

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and author of many works, including, from Fortress Press, Encounters with Biblical Theology (2005), Does the Bible Justify Violence? (2004), and Daniel (Hermeneia, 1994).