Reading the Bible, transforming conflict - Dempsey, Carol J.; Shapiro, Elayne J. (Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2011)
The Bible and conflict : beginning with the Creator and Adam and Eve -- Joseph at seventeen (Genesis 37) -- Joseph and Potiphar's wife : a study in facework (Genesis 39) -- Joseph encounters his brothers : forgiveness and reconciliation (Genesis 42:1-47:26) -- Tamar and Judah : leveling the playing field (Genesis 38) -- Susanna : third party intervention (Daniel 13:1-64) -- Judith : style and tactics (Judith 10-15) -- Moses and God : the art of negotiation (Exodus 32) -- Jeremiah : defensiveness and conflict (Jeremiah 37-39) -- Michal and David : conflict in romantic relationships (1 Samuel 18:17-30; 19:11-17; 25:43-44; 2 Samuel 3:14-16; 6:15-23) -- Social conflict in the gospels (Matthew 5-7) -- "What's love got to do with it?" : transforming conflict in Pauline literature (Rom 12:9-21; 14:1-12; 15:1-13; 1 Cor 12:12?13:1-13).
Includes indexes.
Keywords: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Interpersonal relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Interpersonal relations -- Biblical teaching; Spirituality; Spirituality -- Biblical teaching; Bible stories