Divine Presence Amid Violence - Brueggemann, Walter
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"To pursue the matter of "revelation in context," I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11. The reason for taking up this text is to deal with the often asked and troublesome question: What shall we do with all the violence and bloody war that is done in the Old Testament in the name of Yahweh? The question reflects a sense that these texts of violence are at least an embarrassment, are morally repulsive, and are theologically problematic in the Bible, not because they are violent, but because this is violence either in the name of or at the hand of Yahweh." -from chapter 2…mehr

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"To pursue the matter of "revelation in context," I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11. The reason for taking up this text is to deal with the often asked and troublesome question: What shall we do with all the violence and bloody war that is done in the Old Testament in the name of Yahweh? The question reflects a sense that these texts of violence are at least an embarrassment, are morally repulsive, and are theologically problematic in the Bible, not because they are violent, but because this is violence either in the name of or at the hand of Yahweh." -from chapter 2
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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. His is one of the most highly acclaimed interpreters of the biblical text in this generation. Among his many works are 'Theology of the Old Testament,' 'The Prophetic Imagination' (2d ed.), David's Truth (2d ed.), 'The Land' (2d ed.), and 'In Man We Trust.'