The Joshua Delusion?: Rethinking Genocide in the Bible - Hardcover

Earl, Douglas S

 
9781498213172: The Joshua Delusion?: Rethinking Genocide in the Bible
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1498213170 ISBN 13: 9781498213172
Verlag: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

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 Douglas Earl grasps the bull by the horns and guides readers to new and unexpected ways of looking at the book of Joshua. Drawing on insights from the early church and from modern scholarship, Earl argues that we have mistakenly read Joshua as a straightforward historical account and have ended up with a genocidal God. In contrast, Earl offers a theological interpretation in which the mass killing of Canaanites is a deliberate use of myth to make important theological points that are still valid today. Christopher J. H. Wright then offers a thoughtful response to Earl's provocative views. The book closes with Earl's reply to Wright and readers are encouraged to continue the debate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Douglas Earl did his PhD on the book of Joshua at the University of Durham. He is author of Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture. Christopher J. H. Wright is an Old Testament scholar and the Director of the Langham Partnership

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Verlag
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1498213170
ISBN 13 
9781498213172
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
190
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