num_pages: 240
description: How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan while Jesus commands Gods people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another? The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework solidly rooted in the authority of Scripture for understanding the paradox of Gods participation in violence. Hawk shows how the historical narrative of the Bible offers multiple canonical pictures for faithful Christian engagement with the violent systems of the world.
language: English
title: The Violence and the Biblical God: Canonical Narrative and Christian Faith
publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.