Rigoberta Menchú: “The Bible and Self- Defence”
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Rigoberta Menchú: “The Bible and Self- Defence”
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https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844117.book-part-074

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Abstract

“The Bible and Self- Defence: The Examples of Judith, Moses and David” is chapter 18 of I, Rigoberta Menchú, an Indian Woman in Guatemala, the autobiography of a Guatemalan woman whose family faced oppression and violence by landowners and right-wing soldiers during the Guatemalan Civil War. She describes how her people defended themselves against violence and the role that the Bible played in motivating their efforts.

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