God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?
David T. Lamb [Lamb, David T.]
God has a bad reputation. Many think of God as wrathful and angry,
smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament
in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and
malevolent, wiping out armies and nations, punishing enemies with
extreme prejudice. But wait. The story is more complicated than that.
Alongside troubling passages of God's punishment and judgment are
pictures of God's love, forgiveness, goodness and slowness to anger. How
do we make sense of the seeming contradiction? Can God be trusted or
not? David Lamb unpacks the complexity of the Old Testament to explore
the character of God. He provides historical and cultural background to
shed light on problematic passages and to bring underlying themes to the
fore. Without minimizing the sometimes harsh realities of the biblical
record, Lamb assembles an overall portrait that gives coherence to our
understanding of God in both the Old and New Testaments.
smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament
in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and
malevolent, wiping out armies and nations, punishing enemies with
extreme prejudice. But wait. The story is more complicated than that.
Alongside troubling passages of God's punishment and judgment are
pictures of God's love, forgiveness, goodness and slowness to anger. How
do we make sense of the seeming contradiction? Can God be trusted or
not? David Lamb unpacks the complexity of the Old Testament to explore
the character of God. He provides historical and cultural background to
shed light on problematic passages and to bring underlying themes to the
fore. Without minimizing the sometimes harsh realities of the biblical
record, Lamb assembles an overall portrait that gives coherence to our
understanding of God in both the Old and New Testaments.
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Year:
2011
Publisher:
IVP Books
Language:
english
ISBN:
G0IZMWEACAAJ
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EPUB, 1.50 MB
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english, 2011
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