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The Joshua delusion? : Rethinking genocide in the Bible / Douglas Earl.

By: Earl, Douglas S
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xvi, 174 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781608998920 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1608998924 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Joshua -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Genocide -- Biblical teaching | War -- Biblical teaching | Violence in the BibleDDC classification: 222/.206 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword / Walter Moberly -- If Jericho was razed, is our faith in vain? -- On wearing good glasses: the importance of interpretation -- Clearing the ground: understanding Joshua as an ancient text -- Reading Joshua -- Reading Joshua as Christian scripture -- So what? -- Response to Douglas Earl / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Response to Christopher J.H. Wright.

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Durham University, 2008, under title: Reading Joshua as Christian scripture.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Walter Moberly -- If Jericho was razed, is our faith in vain? -- On wearing good glasses: the importance of interpretation -- Clearing the ground: understanding Joshua as an ancient text -- Reading Joshua -- Reading Joshua as Christian scripture -- So what? -- Response to Douglas Earl / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Response to Christopher J.H. Wright.

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