Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Part 1: Introduction
1. Biblical Scholarship at War, 1914–18 - Andrew Mein, University of Durham, UK
Part 2: Individuals and Institutions
2. Maintaining the Light of Truth? The Mobilization of University Academics, 1914–15 - Tomás Irish, University of Swansea, UK
3. For Christ and Kaiser: Caspar René Gregory and the First World War - Timothy J. Demy, US Naval War College, USA
4. Between Prophetic Critique and Raison D'état: Rudolf Kittel on German Jews during the Great War and on Old Testament Hebrews in Biblical Wars - Lukas Bormann, University of Marburg, Germany
5. William Sanday, Modernism, and the First World War - Mark D. Chapman, University of Oxford, UK
6. SOTS, SBL, and WWI: Anglo-American Scholarly Societies and the Great War - Matthew A. Collins, University of Chester, UK
Part 3: Biblical Texts and Themes
7. Thou Shalt not Kill, Unless…: The Decalogue in a Kaiserreich at War - Paul Michael Kurtz, University of Cambridge, UK
8. Holy War and the Great War in German Protestant Scholarship on the Old Testament - Nathan MacDonald, University of Cambridge, UK
9. Psalms, Patriotism and Propaganda: A Favourite Book in Wartime Biblical Scholarship - Andrew Mein, University of Durham, UK
10. Ecstasy versus Ethics: The Impact of the First World War on German Biblical Scholarship on the Hebrew Prophets - Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College, USA
11. Martyr: Title and First World War Context - Jan Willem van Henten, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands
12. The First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the Fate of Social-Scientific Approaches to the New Testament and Christian Origins - James Crossley, St Mary's University Twickenham, UK
13. A Disconnected Dialogue: Adolf von Harnack, C. J. Cadoux, and the Biblical Case for Peace at the Outbreak of the First World War - Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK
Part 4: Response
14. The Great War and the Bible: Some Reflections - Suzanne L. Marchand, Louisiana State University, USA
Bibliography
Name Index
References Index