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Immoral Bible : Approaches to Biblical Ethics

Paperback • 2010 • English

Immoral Bible : Approaches to Biblical Ethics

By Eryl W. Davies

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About the book

In this work Eryl W. Davies sums up a career's worth of in-depth reflection on the thorny issue of biblical ethics examining the bible's, at times problematic, stance upon slavery, polygamy and perhaps its most troublesome aspect, the sanctioning of violence and warfare. This is most pertinent in respect to Joshua 6-11 a text which lauds the 'holy war' of the Israelites, anihiliting the native inhabitants of Canaan, and a text which has been used to legitimise the actions of white colonists in N...Show more

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ISBN

9780567305497

Publisher

London : Continuum International Publishing

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Immoral Bible : Approaches to Biblical Ethics

Format

Paperback

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