The zeal of Phinehas: The Bible and the legitimation of violence

Journal of Biblical Literature | April 1, 2003| | Copyright

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"The Bible, of all books, is the most dangerous one, the one that has been endowed with the power to kill," writes Mieke Bal.1 Like many striking aphorisms, this statement is not quite true. Some other books, notably the Qur'an, are surely as lethal, and in any case, to coin a phrase, books don't kill people. But Professor Bal has a point nonetheless. When it became clear that the terrorists of September 11, 2001, saw or imagined their grievances in religious terms, any reader of the Bible should have had a flash of ...

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