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Authors: Deena E. Grant
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-21 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

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In this book, we explore the aim, expressions and outcomes of God's anger in the Hebrew Bible. We consider divine anger against the backdrop of human anger in o
The Violence of the Biblical God
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Authors: L. Daniel Hawk
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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 G
From Fratricide to Forgiveness
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Pages: 257
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-23 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In the first book of the Bible, every patriarch and many of the matriarchs become angry in significant ways. However, scholars have largely ignored how Genesis
God, Anger and Ideology
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A study of the growth of Joshua and Judges illustrates how the theme of divine anger has been used differently, according to different historical and social set
Arguing with God
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As an old proverb puts it, "Two Jews, three opinions." In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often