A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE? THE BIBLE ON VIOLENCE, SUFFERING, AND HOPE

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB THEOL. CATH. LATINA, Volume 70 (LXX), No. 1, June 2025, pp. 5-24en-US
dc.creatorVERHEYDEN, Joseph
dc.date2025-06-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T23:04:06Z
dc.descriptionThe essay explores the troubling yet central role of violence in the Bible. First, it outlines how violence appears across biblical narratives – ranging from personal to mass violence, both physical and psychological, and often with divine involvement. Four analytical axes are proposed: the phenomenology of violence, its spatial dimensions (human, divine, satanic), the agents/victims involved (including divine actors), and its ethical justifications or theological explanations. Special attention is given to the Book of Revelation. Its interpretations vary – from metaphorical and redemptive readings to critical and feminist critiques that view its message as tyrannical or dangerous. Despite its disturbing elements, Revelation is ultimately framed within the Christian drama of Christ’s sacrificial death, cosmic salvation, and eschatological hope. Article history: Received 03.05.2025; Revised 05.05.2025; Accepted 15.05.2025.Available online: 26.06.2025. Available print: 30.07.2025.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/9319
dc.identifier10.24193/theol.cath.latina.2025.LXX.1.01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/3189
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/9319/9006
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latinaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latina; Volume 70, No. 1, 2025; 5-24en-US
dc.source2065-944X
dc.source1582-2524
dc.source10.24193/theol.cath.latina.2025.LXX.1
dc.subjectbiblical violenceen-US
dc.subjectdivine justiceen-US
dc.subjecttheodicyen-US
dc.subjectRevelationen-US
dc.subjectapocalyptic literatureen-US
dc.subjectsacred texts and waren-US
dc.subjectsoteriologyen-US
dc.subjecteschatologyen-US
dc.titleA HISTORY OF VIOLENCE? THE BIBLE ON VIOLENCE, SUFFERING, AND HOPEen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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