Violence in Antiquity / Gewalt in der Antike

Religious Approaches to its Legitimation and Delegitimation / Religiöse Ansätze zu ihrer Legitimierung und Delegitimierung

Edited by Johannes Breuer Edited by Jochen Walter

Book cover: Violence in Antiquity / Gewalt in der Antike

Extent: 191 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Anthropology, Religious Studies, Social Sciences 

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2023)

ISBN: 9783515134507

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $63.00

In stock

What is the role of religious aspects in legitimizing or delegitimizing violence? The articles of this volume provide an important contribution to this crucial social and scholarly debate. Analysing a broad spectrum of case studies from antiquity, they focus on religious justifications or evaluations of recommended, performed, or forbidden acts of violence – regardless of the question of their historicity. Not only late antiquity and Christianity are considered, but also pre-Christian Greek and Roman civilizations, Judaism, literary myth, and atheism. The case studies cover the period from the fifth century BCE to the fifth century CE and a broad geographical scope extending from Gaul to Israel and Egypt. This volume offers new insights into a highly topical issue.

  • Edited by Johannes Breuer
  • Edited by Jochen Walter