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Old Testament Theology, Isaiah’s Metaphors, and Canaanite Genocide: A Conversation with Brittany Kim and Charlie Trimm

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Is the Ark of the Covenant a Demon?

Scholars have tried to mitigate the violence of texts like Joshua with hyperbole. They say, if you just read the text correctly in their ancient or Eastern context, then they're just normal military battles. But it's a double-edged sword as well: You need to defend the ethics of kings who did some pretty horrible things at times. We can't just begin the conversation by saying yeah, whatever does God is good and I'm just not going to think about it.

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