The Joshua delusion?: rethinking genocide in the Bible

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 / C...

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Subtitles:Reading Joshua as Christian scripture
Main Author: Earl, Douglas (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Eugene, Or. Cascade Books c2010
In:Year: 2010
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Joshua
B Joshua / Herem (Bible) / Genocide
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Commentary
B Bible. Joshua Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Violence in the Bible
B Bible O.T Joshua Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Genocide Biblical teaching
B Genocide Biblical teaching
B War Biblical teaching
B Thesis
B War Biblical teaching
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Summary: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
Item Description:Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Durham University, 2008, under title: Reading Joshua as Christian scripture. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [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
ISBN:1608998924