The Joshua delusion?
Earl, Douglas S.
The Joshua delusion? Rethinking genocide in the Bible / [electronic resource] : Douglas Earl. - Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2011, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : illustrations, map
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Durham University, 2008, under title: Reading Joshua as Christian scripture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174).
Foreword / Walter Moberly -- If Jericho was razed, is our faith in vain? -- On wearing good glasses: the importance of interpretation -- Clearing the ground: understanding Joshua as an ancient text -- Reading Joshua -- Reading Joshua as Christian scripture -- So what? -- Response to Douglas Earl / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Response to Christopher J.H. Wright.
"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."--Pub. website.
0227902149 9780227902141 1299717802 9781299717800
503031 MIL 22573/ctt1cg7stw JSTOR
Bible.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genocide--Biblical teaching.
War--Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Electronic books.
BS1295.52 / .E265 2010
222/.206
The Joshua delusion? Rethinking genocide in the Bible / [electronic resource] : Douglas Earl. - Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2011, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : illustrations, map
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Durham University, 2008, under title: Reading Joshua as Christian scripture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174).
Foreword / Walter Moberly -- If Jericho was razed, is our faith in vain? -- On wearing good glasses: the importance of interpretation -- Clearing the ground: understanding Joshua as an ancient text -- Reading Joshua -- Reading Joshua as Christian scripture -- So what? -- Response to Douglas Earl / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Response to Christopher J.H. Wright.
"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."--Pub. website.
0227902149 9780227902141 1299717802 9781299717800
503031 MIL 22573/ctt1cg7stw JSTOR
Bible.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genocide--Biblical teaching.
War--Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Electronic books.
BS1295.52 / .E265 2010
222/.206
