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The Joshua Delusion: Rethinking Genocide in the Bible

The Joshua Delusion: Rethinking Genocide in the Bible

Earl, Douglas S.

Paperback

Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0227173767
ISBN13: 9780227173763
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: Jun 30 2011
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A challenging analysis of the Book of Joshua, exploring the theological insight gained by seeing the genocidal slaughter by the Israelites as myth not history.

Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites - men, women, and children - and the book of Joshua in particular showcases the genocidal violence which saturates the Old Testament. The issue of the morality of the God portrayed in these passages is one of the major challenges for faith today, leading many Christians to cast doubt over what, if any, theological value can be gleamed from such accounts and how they can even be called 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.

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