Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?: Wrestling with Troubling War Texts

by Gordon K. Oeste and William J. Webb

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Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence, whether contemporary or ancient. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape--forcibly taking female captives for wives--raise hard questions about biblical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830852492
• ISBN13: 9780830852499
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"