Violence to Eternity

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Was it 'Very Good'? Part One: Beauty, Violence and Story 1. Violence, Desire and Creation 2. Imagining Natality: Narrative and Utopia Part Two: Judaism and the Ancient Near East 3. The Finger of God 4. The Chosen Ones: Death and the Covenant 5. 'I am a Jealous God': Monotheism and Holy War 6. 'When I See the Blood': Sacrifice... 7. Beauty for Ashes Part Three: Early Christianity 8. The Birth of Christ and Early Christianity: Setting the Scene 9. Covenant in Christendom 10. Medieval Deaths and Delights 11. Reading Medieval Mystics 12. Feminism and Flourishing Bibliography