The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
54. Does the Hebrew Bible Endorse Genocide?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
James S. Anderson [+]
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
James S. Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and serves as Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. His books include Monotheism and Yahweh’s Appropriation of Baal (T&T Clark, 2015), Manifesting Peace: 12 Principles for Cultivating Peace, Healing & Wellness Distilled from the World’s Spiritual Traditions and Psychology (Wipf and Stock, 2019) and Extolling Yeshua (Wipf and Stock, 2019).
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Yhwh’s commands to utterly destroy the Canaanites fit the definition of the crime of genocide in a 1948 United Nations convention. This is reason enough to conclude that such a deity is not worthy of worship. If not, this crucial issue must be faced squarely.