The theology of the divine warrior in the book of Joshua
The book of Joshua can present troubling issues for Christians - how to deal with the bloodshed and brutality within the book without wholly rejecting it, and falling into a form of anti-Judaism that implicitly rejects the entirety of the Old Testament.
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seminaries
[2017]
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Word & world
Year: 2017, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 271-280 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Holy war, Hebrew
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, Christian B God Activity B Warfare in the Bible B Antisemitism B Jesus Christ B Origen B Bible Authority B Genocide B Bible. Joshua Theology B Harnack, Adolf von, 1851-1930 B God Wrath B Marcion, of Sinope, 2nd cent B Bible. Old Testament Historiography B God Biblical teaching |
| Summary: | The book of Joshua can present troubling issues for Christians - how to deal with the bloodshed and brutality within the book without wholly rejecting it, and falling into a form of anti-Judaism that implicitly rejects the entirety of the Old Testament. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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