Date

2019

Author

Webb, William J., 1957-; Oeste, Gordon K.

Type

Book

Keyword

War

URI

https://digitalcollections.tyndale.ca/handle/20.500.12730/1751

Citation

Webb, William a J. and Gordon K. Oeste. Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric? Wrestling with Troubling War Texts. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019.

Table of 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:Tthe 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 Uneasy War God: the Subversive War Texts -- The Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus: The Battle Already Won -- Jesus as Apocalyptic Warrior: One Word Will Fell Them -- Conclusion: The Unfinished Justice Story.

Publisher

IVP Academic

Copyright Notice

Copyright, Intervarsity Press. All rights reserved.

Rights License

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Rights License Link

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Alternative Title

Wrestling with Troubling War Texts