Description:
The first of its kind, this collection offers a constructive response to the question of holy war and Christian morality from an interdisciplinary perspective. By combining biblical, ethical, philosophical and theological insights, the contributors offer a composite image of divine redemption that promises to take the discussion to another level.
Brief description:
Heath A. Thomas is president and professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Baptist University. He is an associate fellow of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, UK. He has written and edited numerous books, including commentariesand monographs on Habakkuk, Lamentations, as well as Holy War in the Bible (edited with Paul Copan and Jeremy Evans). He serves as editor for the Hobbs College Library Series and is an Old Testament editor for the Christian Standard Commentary series.
Review Quotes:
"The articles, on the whole, are in dialogue with salient scholarship, and the footnotes will serve as fertile ground for additional research. . . . the book moves the discussion forward."
--William L. Lyons, Theological Studies, Vol. 75, no. 3