TY  - BOOK
AU  - Earl,Douglas S.
TI  - The Joshua delusion?: Rethinking genocide in the Bible 
SN  - 0227902149
AV  - BS1295.52 .E265 2010
U1  - 222/.206 22
PY  - 2011///, ©2010
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - James Clarke & Co.
KW  - Bible
KW  - Joshua
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - War
KW  - Violence in the Bible
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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