Corporal Punishment in the Bible: A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic for Troubling Texts

by William J. Webb

William Webb confronts those often avoided biblical passages that call for the corporal punishment of children, slaves and wrongdoers. How should we understand and apply them today? Are we obligated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830827617
• ISBN13: 9780830827619
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Worth every penny

This book is not a light read, but it's worth it. Webb reveals a fascinating observation that Scripture shows a “redemptive trajectory” when compared to the culture of near Eastern ancient history. And that today, we continue in that trajectory with spanking because it goes “outside of the concrete specific text.” This *movement* to spanking is good- but still leaves room for better ethics. And this movement firmly rejects pro-spankers claim to be applying the Bible literally, while in fact, they have moved beyond, or outside, what the Bible says to do something better. But, again, not best. If you struggle to connect grace to parenting this is the next book you need to read.