The command to exterminate the Canaanites : : Deuteronomy 7 / / Arie Versluis.
According to Deuteronomy 7, God commands Israel to exterminate the indigenous population of Canaan. In The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7 , Arie Versluis offers an analysis and evaluation of this command. Following an exegesis of the chapter, the historical background, possible...
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| Superior document: | Oudtestamentische Studien, Volume 71 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Series: | Oudtestamentische studiën ;
Volume 71. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (449 pages). |
| Notes: | Translation and revision of PhD thesis. |
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| Other title: | Geen verbond, geen genade. |
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| Summary: | According to Deuteronomy 7, God commands Israel to exterminate the indigenous population of Canaan. In The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7 , Arie Versluis offers an analysis and evaluation of this command. Following an exegesis of the chapter, the historical background, possible motives and the place of the nations of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible are investigated. The theme of religiously inspired violence continues to be a topic of interest. The present volume discusses the consequences of the command to exterminate the Canaanites for the Old Testament view of God and for the question whether the Bible legitimizes violence in the present. Finally, the author shows how he reads this text as a Christian theologian. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004341315 |
| ISSN: | 0169-7226 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Arie Versluis. |