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Isaiah's vision of peace in biblical and modern international relations

swords into plowshares

edited byRaymond CohenRaymond Westbrook

Abstract

The aim of this volume is to try to account for Isaiah's revolutionary vision from two disciplinary perspectives: one approach is the historical study of the Ancient Near East and the Bible, and the other rests on the study of international relations from a comparative, conceptual perspective.

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Introduction

the world of Isaiah

Raymond CohenRaymond Westbrook

pp.1-14

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_1
On pax assyriaca in the eighth-seventh centuries BCE and its implications

pp.17-35

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_2
Swords into plowshares in an age of global governance Andrew Hurrell

pp.37-51

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"You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done" Theodore Lewis

pp.75-100

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Is Isaiah an "offensive liberal"? Benjamin Miller

pp.103-119

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Is Isaiah a social constructivist? Tal Dingott Alkopher

pp.121-135

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_7
Swords into plowshares Hugh Williamson

pp.139-149

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_8
World peace and "holy war"

two sides of the same theological concept

Irmtraud Fischer

pp.151-165

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Isaiah's vision of human security Scott M. Thomas

pp.169-179

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_10
From holy war to holy peace Martti Nissinen

pp.181-197

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_11
Isaiah's prophecy and the idea of "classical harmony" Sasson Sofer

pp.201-210

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_12
"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition!" Adrian Hyde-Price

pp.211-228

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_13
Conclusion

swords into plowshares then and now

Raymond CohenRaymond Westbrook

pp.229-239

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7_14

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2008

Pages: 285

Series: Culture and Religion in International Relations

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-10442-7

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-4039-7735-9

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-10442-7

Full citation:

Cohen Raymond, Westbrook Raymond (2008) Isaiah's vision of peace in biblical and modern international relations: swords into plowshares. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.