Show them no mercy : 4 views on God and Canaanite genocide / C.S. Cowles ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cowles, C. S.

Series:

Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Counterpoints

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Biblical teaching.

War.

Genocide--Biblical teaching.

Genocide.

Canaanites--Biblical teaching.

Canaanites.

Biblical teaching.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, [2003]

Summary:

A discussion of various contemporary evangelical views of genocide in the Old Testament.Christians are often shocked to read that Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, commanded the total destruction--all men, women, and children--of the ethnic group know as the Canaanites. This seems to contradict Jesus' command in the New Testament to love your enemies and do good to all people. How can Yahweh be the same God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? What does genocide in the Bible have to do with the politics of the 21st century?This book explores, in typical Counterpoints format, the Old Testament command of God to exterminate the Canaanite population and what that implies about continuity between the Old and New Testaments. The four points of view presented on the continuity of the Testaments are: - Strong Discontinuity -C . S. Cowles- Moderate Discontinuity -Eugene H. Merrill- piritual Continuity -Tremper Longman III- Eschatological Continuity -Daniel L. Gard

Contents:

The case for radical discontinuity / C.S. Cowles. Responses / Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard, Tremper Longman III

The case for moderate discontinuity / Eugene H. Merrill. Responses / C.S. Cowles, Daniel L. Gard, Tremper Longman III

The case for eschatological continuity / Daniel L. Gard. Responses / C.S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Tremper Longman III

The case for spiritual continuity / Tremper Longman III. Responses / C.S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0310245680

OCLC:

123159936