God Is a Warrior
As an exercise in biblical theology, this book begins with the canon of Christian scripture as given. It does not seek to apply critical scholarly tools to the history of formation of the canon but to describe phenomena within the Bible using biblical categories. The category in question here is the divine warrior motif, and the authors argue persuasively for its pervasiveness in both the Old and the New Testaments of Christian scripture. Their claim is that although the Bible is a diverse collection, it also displays a certain "organic unity." They make a strong case for the divine warrior motif as a source of this unity, compiling significant evidence that it was one metaphor that guided editors, interpreters, and writers of Hebrew scripture as well as the Christian community that appropriated it in the formation of its own canon and identity.Steve Schroeder