John H. Walton, J. Harvey Walton

The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest

Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites

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Produktbeschreibung

Perhaps no biblical episode is more troubling than the conquest of Canaan. But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? John Walton and J. Harvey Walton take us on an archaeological dig, reframing our questions and excavating the layers of translation and interpretation that cloud our perception of these difficult texts.

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Produktdetails

• Lost World
• Verlag: InterVarsity Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780830851843
• ISBN-10: 0830851844
• Artikelnr.: 47590047

Autorenporträt

John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. Some of Walton's books include The Lost World of Genesis One, The Lost World of Adam and Eve, The Lost World of Scripture, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, The Essential Bible Companion, The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis, and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (with Victor Matthews and Mark Chavalas).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Abbreviations Part I: Interpretation Proposition 1: Reading the Bible Consistently Means Reading It as an Ancient Document Proposition 2: We Should Approach the Problem of the Conquest by Adjusting Our Expectations About What the Bible Is Proposition 3: The Bible Does Not Define Goodness for Us or Tell Us How to Produce Goodness, but Instead Tells Us About the Goodness God Is Producing Part II: The Canaanites Are Not Depicted as Guilty of Sin Proposition 4: The Bible Teaches Clearly and Consistently That Affliction by God Cannot Be Automatically Attributed to Wrongdoing on the Part of the Victim Proposition 5: None of the Usual Textual Indicators for Divine Retribution Occur in the Case of the Canaanites Excusus: The Midianites in Numbers 31 Proposition 6: Genesis 15:16 Does Not Indicate That the Canaanites Were Committing Sin Proposition 7: Neither the Israelites nor the Canaanites Are Depicted as Stealing the Other's Rightful Property Part III: The Canaanites Are Not Depicted as Guilty of Breaking God's Law Proposition 8: The People of the Land Are Not Indicted for Not Following the Stipulations of the Covenant, and Neither Is Israel Expected to Bring Them into the Covenant Excursus: Demons and Idolatry in the Old Testament Proposition 9: Ancient Law Codes Such as the One Contained in Leviticus 18-20 Are Not Lists of Rules to Be Obeyed, and Therefore the Canaanites Cannot Be Guilty of Violating Them Proposition 10: Holiness Is a Status Granted by God; It Is Not Earned Through Moral Performance, and Failing to Have It Does Not Subject One to Judgment Proposition 11: The Expulsion of the Canaanites from the Land in the Conquest Cannot Be Evaluated by Comparison to the Expulsion of the Israelites from the Land in the Exile Because Israel Is Under the Covenant and the Canaanites Are Not Part IV: The Language and Imagery of the Conquest Account Has Literary and Theological Significance Proposition 12: The Depiction of the Canaanites in Leviticus and Deuteronomy Is a Sophisticated Appropriation of a Common Ancient Near Eastern Literary Device, Not an Indictment Excursus: The Invincible Barbarians and the Rephaim Proposition 13: Behaviors That Are Described as Detestable Are Intended to Contrast with Ideal Behavior Under the Israelite Covenant, Not to Convict the People Who Did Them of Crimes Proposition 14: The Imagery of the Conquest Account Recapitulates Creation Part V: What God and the Israelites Are Doing Is Often Misunderstood Because the Hebrew Word Herem Is Commonly Mistranslated Proposition 15: Herem Does Not Mean "Utterly Destroy" Excursus: Hyperbole in Conquest Accounts Proposition 16: Herem Against Communities Focuses on Destroying Identity, Not Killing People of Certain Ethnicities Excursus: What Is Happening in Deuteronomy 7 Proposition 17: The Wars of Israelite Conquest Were Fought in the Same Manner as All Ancient Wars Proposition 18: Rahab and the Gibeonites Are Not Exceptions to the Herem, and the Use of Herem Against the Amalekites Does Not Indicate That Herem Is Punishment Excursus: Ḥerem and the Removal of Impurity Proposition 19: The Logic of the Herem Event of the Conquest Operates in the Context of Israel's Vassal Treaty Part VI: How to Apply This Understanding Proposition 20: The Old Testament, Including the Conquest Account, Provides a Template for Interpreting the New Testament, Which in Turn Gives Insight into God's Purposes for Us Today Proposition 21: The Application of Herem in the New Covenant Is Found in Putting Off Our Former Identity and Surrendering to the Lordship of Christ, and Therefore Herem Has Nothing to Do with Killing People Conclusion Notes Subject Index Scripture Index