Understanding the Ḥerem
The term for ‘devote’ or ‘destroy’ has not always been understood correctly, particularly in relation to the so-called ‘holy war’. It forbade the use of property, or relationships with people. It applied only occasionally to loot, and not to idolatrous objects; but in its application to enemies, it...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1993
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| In: |
Tyndale bulletin
Anno: 1993, Volume: 44, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 169-177 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
deuteronomy
B joshua B Herem B Old Testament B pentateuch |
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| Riepilogo: | The term for ‘devote’ or ‘destroy’ has not always been understood correctly, particularly in relation to the so-called ‘holy war’. It forbade the use of property, or relationships with people. It applied only occasionally to loot, and not to idolatrous objects; but in its application to enemies, it involved extermination, and thus the verb acquired its secondary sense of ‘destroy’ |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.30692 |
