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A Study Of Recent Research On The Concept Of Holy War In The Old Testament, Brian Truog
A Study Of Recent Research On The Concept Of Holy War In The Old Testament, Brian Truog
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
The main purpose of this thesis is to gain a general overview of recent scholarship in the area of Holy War in the Old Testament. Holy War is a "problem" for the Christian for at least two reasons. First, the concept of holy War in the Old Testament is often a major point used in stressing the discontinuity between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Contrasts are set up between the Old Testament as a book of Law and the New Testament as a book of Gospel. The Old Testament is seen as containing a primitive form of religion …