Hobbes treated biblical texts as enemy fortifications assaulting civil power.

Evidence

Hobbes goes on to locate the potential nexus of harm, arguably the most offensive part of his discourse, in his treatment-his use and abuse-of the Bible, certain texts of which, he says matter-of-factly, “are the Outworks of the Enemy”: “That which perhaps may most offend, are certain Texts of Holy Scripture, alledged by me to other purpose than ordinarily they used to be by others. But I have done it with due submission, and also (in order to my Subject) necessarily; for they are the Outworks of the Enemy, from whence they impugne the Civill Power.” — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 350

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of Scripture as ‘Outworks of the Enemy’ — a military metaphor for how religious texts serve as weapons against secular authority.
• XREF: Connects to Anidjar’s broader thesis about the enemy as a theological-political category, and to Hobbes scholarship generally.