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Bloodshed, embodiment, politics, and theology

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When is it OK to kill people? This paper explores views on bloodshed in the Christian and Jewish traditions. It traces the concept of the ‘image of God’ from Ancient Near Eastern contexts, through biblical usage, and in subsequent Christian and Jewish theological understandings. What happens when a sacred concept previously applied specifically to royalty is applied ‘democratically’ to all human beings? And how are restrictions on bloodshed changed if the image of God is understood as referring only to the soul and not to the body?

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