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Holy War in Ancient Israel

English · Paperback / Softback

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From the earliest days of Israel's existence as a people, holy war was a sacred institution, undertaken as a cultic act of a religious community. The concept of holy war, an intriguing and sometimes disturbing theme in the Old Testament, is given its most articulate expression in this classic study by the distinguished German scholar Gerhard von Rad.

For Israel, the most important feature of holy war was the demand for faith in Yahweh's saving acts. However, von Rad argues, it was not Yahweh alone who acted; rather, because they envisioned Yahweh fighting on their behalf the Israelites themselves were inspired - and obliged - to fight even harder.

In this regard, the actual events differed vastly from the picture given by the biblical narratives, which downplay and often exclude the human factor and stress the exclusive warlike action of Yahweh, thus equating holy war with absolute miracle.

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Gerhard von Rad (1901-1971) was for many years professor of theology at Heidelberg University. The author of numerous commentaries and monographs on various aspects of Old Testament studies, his magnum opus is the two-volume Old Testament Theology.

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Authors Gerhard Von Rad, Gerhard von Rad
Assisted by Marva J. Dawn (Translation), John Howard Yoder (Translation)
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.05.1996
 
EAN 9780802805287
ISBN 978-0-8028-0528-7
No. of pages 176
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
Weight 265 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works

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