Copan, Paul.

Did God really command genocide? : coming to terms with the justice of God / Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan. - 351 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-351).

Genocide texts and the problem of scriptural authority -- Occasional commands, hyperbolic texts, and genocidal massacres -- Is it always wrong to kill innocent people? -- Religion and violence.

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Ethnicity in the Bible.
Genocide--Biblical teaching.
Genocide--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Violence in the Bible.
Theodicy.
God (Christianity)--Righteousness--Biblical teaching.
God (Christianity)--Love--Biblical teaching.

BS 1199 .E8 / C66 2014