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The crucifixion of the warrior God: interpreting the Old Testament's violent portraits of God in light of the cross
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Fortress Press
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[2017]
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English
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From the Book
Volume 1. The cruciform hermeneutic
Part I. The centrality of the crucified Christ
The faith of Jacob : wrestling with "strange" and "alien" portraits of God
The true face of God : the absoluteness of the revelation of God in Christ
Finding Jesus in the Old Testament : the Christocentric hermeneutic of the early church
The cruciform center, part 1 : the cross as the supreme revelation of God
The cruciform center, part 2 : the cross as the thematic center of the gospel
Is the centrality of the cross thesis defensible? Responding to objections
Part II. The problem of divine violence
The dark side of the Bible : taking a hard look at scripture's "texts of terror"
Wrestling with Yahweh's violence, part 1 : the dismissal solution
Wrestling with Yahweh's violence, part 2 : the synthesis solution
Part III. The cruciform hermeneutic
A meaning worthy of God : the reinterpretation solution
Through the lens of the cross : finding the crucified Christ in violent depictions of God
Interpreting scripture as God's word : the cruciform hermeneutic and the theological interpretation of scripture.
Volume 2. The cruciform thesis
Part IV. The principle of cruciform accommodation
The "masks" of a humble God : revelation and the eternal outpouring of the Triune God
The heavenly missionary : Yahweh's accommodation of the law, nationalism, and violence
Part V. The principle of redemptive withdrawal
Divine Aikido : the cross as the revelation of God's "wrath"
Crime and punishment : divine withdrawal and the self-destructive nature of sin
Doing and allowing : the crucicentric significance of scripture's dual speech pattern
A question of divine culpability : responding to objections to the principle of redemptive withdrawal
Defending divine genocide : the inadequacy of traditional defenses of the conquest narrative
When God's nonviolent plans fail : the cruciform interpretation of the conquest narrative
Part VI. The principle of cosmic conflict
The battle of the gods : cosmic conflict and the Old Testament
Caught in the cross fire : cosmic conflict and the New Testament
When hell breaks loose : redemptive withdrawal and cosmic conflict
The dragon-swallowing dragon : examples of cosmic-level Aikido warfare
Part VII. The principle of semiautonomous power
Mauling bears and a lethal palladium : when divine power gets misused.
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9781506420752
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