Is God a moral monster? making sense of the Old Testament God
Record details
- ISBN: 9781441214546 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1441214542 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (252 p.) - Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Who are the new atheists? -- The new atheists and the Old Testament God -- Great appetite for praise and sacrifices? Divine arrogance or humility? -- Monumental rage and kinglike jealousy? Understanding the covenant-making God -- Child abuse and bullying? God's ways and the binding of Isaac -- God's timeless wisdom? incremental steps for hardened hearts -- The Bible's ubiquitous weirdness? Kosher foods, kooky laws? (I) -- The Bible's ubiquitous weirdness? Kosher foods, kooky laws? (II) -- Barbarisms, crude laws, and other imaginary crimes? Punishments and other harsh realities in perspective -- Misogynistic? Women in Israel -- Bride-price? Polygamy, concubinage, and other such questions -- Warrant for trafficking in humans as farm equipment? (I) : slavery in Israel -- Warrant for trafficking in humans as farm equipment? (II) : challenging texts on slavery -- Warrant for trafficking in humans as farm equipment? (III) : slavery in the New Testament -- Indiscriminate massacre and ethnic cleansing? The killing of the Canaanites (I) -- Indiscriminate massacre and ethnic cleansing? The killing of the Canaanites (II) -- Indiscriminate massacre and ethnic cleansing? The killing of the Canaanites (III) -- The root of all evil? Does religion cause violence? -- Morality without a lawgiving God? The divine foundation of goodness -- We have moved beyond this God (haven't we?) : Jesus as the fulfiller of the Old Testament. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Bible -- O.T -- Bible -- O.T -- Theology Ethics in the Bible Apologetics |
Genre: | Electronic books. |