The lost world of the Israelite conquest : covenant, retribution, and the fate of the Canaanites /

Perhaps no biblical episode is more troubling than the conquest of Canaan. But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? John Walton and J. Harvey Walton take us on an archaeological dig, reframing our questions and excavating the layers of translatio...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Walton, John H., 1952- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Downers Grove : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2017.
Sujets:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament
To 1200 B.C.
Violence in the Bible.
Genocide > Biblical teaching.
Jews > History > To 1200 B.C.
Canaanites > History.
Violence dans la Bible.
Juifs > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1200 av. J.-C.
Cananéens > Histoire.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Canaanites
Jews
Violence in the Bible
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part 1. Interpretation
  • Part 2. The Canaanites are not depicted as guilty of sin
  • Part 3. The Canaanites are not depicted as guilty of breaking God's law
  • Part 4. The language and imagery of the conquest account has literary and theological significance
  • Part 5. What God and the Israelites are doing is often misunderstood because the Hebrew word ḥerem is commonly mistranslated
  • Part 6. How to apply this understanding.

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