this volume is a very useful resource for anyone interested in ecological readings of the text. This volume also demonstrates various ways to bring modern sociopolitical issues, beyond ecology alone, into conversation with the biblical text and therefore serves to help generate further research. * Bulletin of Biblical Research * This ground-breaking collection takes ecological hermeneutics - particularly Earth Bible readings - in a new direction, exploring ecological aspects of war in dialogue with various biblical or secular texts and contexts. Eco-justice and eco-poetic connections are formed between sacred texts in the Jewish and Christian traditions and the pressing cultural issues of today, such as war, ecological destruction, refugees and our interdependency and relationality with human and more-than-human species. The text contributes to the endeavour to move away from readings that are andro- and anthropocentric, and towards reading in solidarity with the Earth community This collection is most timely, as the need for resisting the co-option of sacred texts and traditions in the interests of war is now more pressing than ever, and will be of interest to readers engaging in the fields of cultural, post-colonial and feminist studies, and contemporary eco-justice and eco-poetic readings of sacred texts in the Jewish and Christian traditions. * Vicky Balabanski, Director of Biblical Studies, Uniting College for Leadership & Theology, Adelaid College of Divinity, Austrailia * Placed at the point of intersection between war, ecological violation, and contextually sensitive biblical interpretation, this set of studies not only poses but also affirmatively answers the question: can creative readings of biblical texts contribute to the critical task of living together peaceably and sustainably? With each essay written for a symposium and revised in light of subsequent discussions, the conversation continues within this volume by virtue of an illuminating response to the collection as a whole, provided by David Horrell. In published form, these studies invite further dialogue on the relatedness and relationships even entanglement! at the interface between war, ecology, and biblical interpretation. To join this vital conversation, take and read. * David Neville, St Mark's National Theological Centre and the School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, Australia * This exceedingly rich, frequently surprising set of essays on biblical representations of war and the Earth demonstrates how biblical ecocriticism can intersect incisively with other important, ethically fraught trajectories of biblical scholarship, not least the empire-critical and postcolonial. The volume merits wide readership. * Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, United States of America * The series as a whole is a significant development with some distinguished contributors presenting now and others lined up for the future. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *
