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Biblical Blood-Lines : From Foundational Corpus to Far Right Bible

Strømmen, Hannah LU (2017) In Biblical Interpretation 25(4-5). p.555-573
Abstract
In this article I explore the way in which popular perceptions of the Bible have become drawn into the ideology of the contemporary far right. By examining the far-right ideology that inspired Anders Behring Breivik’s terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011, I demonstrate how the Bible goes from operating as a foundational corpus for ‘Western culture’, to being employed as a militant mouthpiece calling for violent defence of this culture. Analysing the simultaneous recourse and resistance to Enlightenment interpretations of the Bible in this far-right milieu allows for a better understanding of the connections between dominant discourses about the Bible and more marginal and extreme ideologies.
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Far right, biblical interpretation, 22 July 2011, terrorism, biblical foundation, cultural Bible, liberal Bible
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Biblical Interpretation
volume
25
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4-5
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18 pages
publisher
Brill
ISSN
0927-2569
DOI
10.1163/15685152-02545P06
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English
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  number       = {{4-5}},
  pages        = {{555--573}},
  publisher    = {{Brill}},
  series       = {{Biblical Interpretation}},
  title        = {{Biblical Blood-Lines : From Foundational Corpus to Far Right Bible}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685152-02545P06}},
  doi          = {{10.1163/15685152-02545P06}},
  volume       = {{25}},
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