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TitleBloody, brutal, and barbaric? : Wrestling with troubling war texts / William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste [electronic resource]
AuthorWebb, William J. / Oeste, Gordon K.
Call NoEBC 220.835502 WEB
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International Standard Book Number 9780830870738
Dewey Decimal Classification Number EBC 220.835502 WEB
Personal Name Webb, William J.
Title Statement Bloody, brutal, and barbaric? : Wrestling with troubling war texts / William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste [electronic resource]
Imprint Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, 2019.
Physical Description eBook, 412p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Formatted Contents Note Slaughtering children? Grabbing virgins? -- Where traditional answers do not work -- Where traditional answers do work -- Reading the Bible redemptively -- War rape, part 1: the ugly side -- War rape, part 2: the redemptive side -- War rape meets genocide -- Total-kill hyperbole, part 1: ANE warfare -- Total-kill hyperbole, part 2: Joshua and Judges -- Arguments against hyperbole -- First Samuel 15: hyperbole thesis undone? -- Drive out: an equivalent alternative -- Ancient war atrocities -- Yahweh as reluctant war God: the subversive war texts -- Cross, resurrection, and ascension: the battle is already won -- Jesus as apocalyptic warrior: one word will fell them -- Conclusion: the unfinished justice story.
Summary, Etc. "Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape raise hard questions about biblical ethics and the character of God. Have we missed something in our traditional readings? Identifying a spectrum of views on biblical war texts, Webb and Oeste pursue a middle path using a hermeneutic of incremental, redemptive-movement ethics"--
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term WAR - BIBLICAL TEACHING.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term WAR - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY.
Added Entry, Personal Name Oeste, Gordon K.
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