RT Book
T1 Bloody, brutal, and barbaric?: wrestling with troubling war texts
A1 Webb, William J. 1957-
A1 Oeste, Gordon K.
A2 Oeste, Gordon K.
LA English
PP Downers Grove, Illinois
PB IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1756067201
AB "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"--
AB 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BS680.W2
SN 978-0-8308-7073-8
K1 War : Biblical teaching
K1 War : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 War ; Biblical teaching
K1 War ; Religious aspects ; Christianity