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God Is a Man of War

The Problem of Violence in the Old Testament

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God Is a Man of War

By: Stephen De Young
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Infanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block for Christians and skeptics alike. Yet, conventional efforts to understand this violence - whether by downplaying it as allegory or a relic of primitive cultures, or by dismissing the authority of Scripture altogether - tend to raise more questions than they answer.

God Is a Man of War offers a fresh interpretation of Old Testament accounts of violence, by exploring them through the twofold lens of Orthodox tradition and historical context. Father Stephen De Young examines what these difficult passages reveal about the nature of Christ and His creation, bearing witness to a world filled not only with pain and suffering - often of human making - but also with the love of God.

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Does a great job explaining the parts of Holy Scripture that have been taken out of context to argue the perceived immorality of the Christian God. No fluff, straight to the point, and straight to the Biblical examples. Puts everything immediately into its historical context and clears up mistranslations as necessary to paint a much clearer image of what was meant and how we should understand it, pointing to evidence for why this is true and not just an “explaining away” of problematic verses. 10/10 recommend to anyone still struggling with some of the more difficult aspects of the Biblical texts.

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