The Messianic vision of the Pentateuch

"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... Full description

Main Author: Chen, Kevin S.
Published: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, 2019
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020 |a 9780830857975 
082 |a EBC 222.106  |b CHE 
100 |a Chen, Kevin S. 
245 |a The Messianic vision of the Pentateuch  |h [electronic resource] 
260 |a Downers Grove, Illinois :  |b IVP Academic,  |c 2019. 
300 |a eBook, 357p. 
500 |a Includes Index and Bibliographical References. 
505 |a Seed of the woman -- Seed of Abraham in the patriarchal narratives -- Lion of Judah -- Passover and the song of the sea -- Shadows at Sinai -- Bronze Snake and Balaam's Oracles -- Prophet like Moses -- Blessing of Judah -- Repeated Breaking of the Sinai/Deuteronomic Law. 
520 |a "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"-- 
650 |a BIBLE.O.T. - PENTATEUCH - THEOLOGY. 
650 |a MESSIAH - PROPHECIES. 
650 |a BIBLE.O.T. - PENTATEUCH - PROPHECIES. 
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900 |a 34320 
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