The Joshua delusion? : Rethinking genocide in the Bible /

"Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites-men, women, and children. The issue of the morality of the biblical God is one of the major challenges for faith today. How can such texts be Holy Scripture? In this bold and innovative book Do...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Earl, Douglas S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2011, ©2010.
Temas:
Bible. > Joshua > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Joshua
Genocide > Biblical teaching.
War > Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
Guerre > Enseignement biblique.
Violence dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > Old Testament.
Violence in the Bible
War > Biblical teaching
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Walter Moberly
  • If Jericho was razed, is our faith in vain?
  • On wearing good glasses: the importance of interpretation
  • Clearing the ground: understanding Joshua as an ancient text
  • Reading Joshua
  • Reading Joshua as Christian scripture
  • So what?
  • Response to Douglas Earl / Christopher J.H. Wright
  • Response to Christopher J.H. Wright.

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