Bloody, brutal, and barbaric? : wrestling with troubling war texts / William J. Webb, Gordon K. Oeste.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, William J., 1957- author.

Oeste, Gordon K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Biblical teaching.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages)

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, [2019]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8308-7073-3