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The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites

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Holy warfare is the festering wound at the moral sense of Bible-believing Christians. Of all of the problems the Old Testament poses for our up to date age, this is the one we need to keep away from in mixed company. But do the so-referred to as holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? Did Israel slaughter Canaanites at God’s command? Were they enforcing divine retribution on an unholy people? These texts shock. And we turn the page. But have we rightly understood them? In The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest, John Walton and J. Harvey Walton take us on an archeological dig, excavating the layers of translation and interpretation that through the years have encrusted these texts and our perceptions. What happens when we take new approaches, frame new questions? When we weigh again their language and rhetoric? Were the Canaanites punished for sinning against the covenanting God? Does the Hebrew word herem mean “devote to destruction”? How are the Canaanites portrayed and why? And what happens when we backlight these texts with their ancient context? The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest keenly recalibrates our perception and reframes our questions. At the same time as not making an attempt to provide all of the answers, it offers surprising new insights and clears the ground for further understanding.

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