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The present volume is concerned with the problem of violence as reflected in the biblical texts, in their reception and interpretation. The expression ´nomos´ in the title of the book is understood in a broader sense, with reference to the concept of nomos as a ´world of right and wrong´ (Robert Cover). Therefore, the authors of the book are concerned not only with the legal texts of the Pentateuch, but also with other parts of the Old Testament / Tanak. Most of the contributors explore the theme of violence by interpreting specific narrative, legal, prophetic, and sapiential passages. Others attempt to offer a more general theological evaluation of violence in the Bible, also with constant reference to the biblical texts.

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Viktor Ber teaches the Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia in Cesk´e Budejovice, Czech Republic.

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