Did God Really Command Genocide?: Coming To Terms With The Justice Of God

Copan, Paul

ISBN 10: 0801016223 / ISBN 13: 9780801016226

Published by Baker Academic, 2014

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2014. Trade paperback. 351pp. NEW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Did God Really Command Genocide?: Coming To Terms With The Justice Of God
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0801016223
• ISBN 13: 9780801016226
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: NEW
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Theology

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Synopsis

A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. Even Christians have a hard time stomaching such a thought, and many avoid reading those difficult Old Testament passages that make us squeamish. Instead, we quickly jump to the enemy-loving, forgiving Jesus of the New Testament. And yet, the question doesn't go away. Did God really command genocide? Is the command to "utterly destroy" morally unjustifiable? Is it literal? Are the issues more complex and nuanced than we realize?

In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages. Pastors, youth pastors, campus ministers, apologetics readers, and laypeople will find that this book both enlightens and equips them for serious discussion of troubling spiritual questions.

About the Authors

Paul Copan, PhD, is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University and helped establish the new MA in philosophy of religion at PBA. He's served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, published 45 books, authored essays in 70 books, and written many articles for professional journals. Paul is currently chair of the Tyndale Fellowship Philosophy of Religion Study Group (UK). He was a visiting scholar at Oxford University in 2017 and 2024. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more at PaulCopan.com.

Matthew Flannagan (PhD, University of Otago) is a researcher and a teaching pastor at Takanini Community Church in Auckland, New Zealand. He is also a contributing author to several books.