Table of Contents
Illustrations x
Series Preface xi
Foreword Ben C. Ollenburger xv
Acknowledgments Laura L. Brenneman xix
Abbreviations xx
1 Peace and Violence across the Testaments Laura L. Brenneman 1
Part 1 Peace and Violence in the Hebrew Bible
2 Mennonite Peace Theology and Ethics: Biblical or Canonical? Perry B. Yoder 13
3 Creation and Violence Ben C. Ollenburger 26
4 "YHWH Is a Warrior" Reevaluated (Exodus 15:3) Andrea Dalton Saner 36
5 Violence Added: A Study of Insertions of Violence into English Translations of the Hebrew Bible Wilma Ann Bailey 47
6 No Other Gods: Allegiance and Identity in the Nation State Paul Keim 56
7 The Paradoxical Monstrification of Egypt in the Book of Ezekiel: Violence in the Name of Purity Safwat Marzouk 67
8 "These Three Men": Another Look at Ezekiel 14:12-23 Brad D. Schantz 79
9 Should We Take Time for War? Moral Indeterminacy in Qohelet's Poem Douglas B. Miller 88
10 The Concept of Shalom in the Book of Chronicles Steven Schweitzer 103
11 Sex, Knowledge, and Evil: Violence and Peace in the Book of the Watchers Jackie Wyse-Rhodes 114
12 The Sword in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism Dorothy M. Peters 125
Part 2 Peace and Violence in the New Testament
13 Peace and Violence in the New Testament: Definition and Methodology Willard M. Swartley 141
14 "Righteousness and Peace Will Kiss": The Peaceableness of the "Super-righteous" Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld 155
15 Jesus, the Peaceable Messiah: The Theology of Matthew in Light of Messianic Interpretation of Scriptures Paul Yokota 168
16 Jesus's Action in the Temple David Rensberger 179
17 Swords and Prayer: Luke 22:31-62 - Mary H. Schertz 191
18 Restoring the Concepts of Friendship and Reciprocity to Christian Discourse Jo-Ann A. Brant 205
19 The Political is Personal: Anabaptist-Mennonite Appropriation of the Book of Acts in the Sixteenth and Twentieth Centuries Joshua Yoder 216
20 "Be(a)ware of the Dogs, Evildoers and Butchery": Text and Theory in the Discourse on Peace and Violence in Paul Gordon Zerbe 228
21 "Not Peace But a Sword": Class Conflict in Paul's Corinthian Churches Reta Halteman Finger 243
22 "Making Every Effort": Peacemaking and Ecclesiology in Ephesians 4:1-6 Christopher Marshall 256
23 Paul, Peace, and Apocalyptic Jacob W. Elias 267
24 Shalom in the Book of Revelation: God, Church, Judgment, New Creation Michael J. Gorman 279
25 Peace and Scripture: Mennonite Perspectives from the Global South Nancy R. Heisey 291
Bibliography 305
List of Contributors 331
Ancient Document Index 337
Subject Index 363
Author Index 371