Violence in the New Testament

Shelly Matthews is Assistant Professor of Religion at Furman University. E. Leigh Gibson is an independent scholar based in Princeton, New Jersey, who has taught at Oberlin College and Rutgers University

• List of Contributors and Topics: 1. Richard A. Horsley (University of Massachusetts, Boston), "Imperial Violence and the Historical Jesus" 2. John G. Gager (Princeton University), "Violence and Paul" 3. Melanie Johnson DeBaufre (Luther College), "Violence and the Q Community" 4. Warren Carter (Saint Paul School of Theology), "Representing Violence and Matthew's Gospel: Violent Jews? Non-Violent Christians?" 5. Adele Reinhartz (Wilfrid Laurier University), "The Rhetoric of Violence in the Gospel of John" 6. John W. Marshall (University of Toronto), "Collateral Damage: Insider Violence in John's Apocalypse" 7.Shelly Matthews (Furman University), "The Need for the Stoning of Stephen" 8.David Frankfurter (University of New Hampshire), "Afterward"

"[T]his collection of essays in an invaluable addition to New Testament studies that should stimulate much discussion. It raises key issues relating to the violent language of the new Testament and, one hopes, will fuel much research in this vital area and facilitate a mutual consideration of the New Testament from the perspectives of Jewish and Christian scholars alike."- Mark Bredin, The Society of Biblical Literature, January 2006