Sentences with phrase «biblical holy war»

Let's take a quick look at three ways Israel's encounter with Canaan in the Old Testament — the paradigm for biblical holy war — is radically different from our modern conflicts today.

Not exact matches

«22 The wars, as recorded, were so diverse that it is questionable whether the kind of pattern or design that von Rad discerns ever existed even in the minds of biblical writers, much less in the actual events.23 In particular, von Rad's insistence that holy war was always defensive can not be supported.24

Infuriated, he tracks down his imposter and uncovers a fringe religious sect that worships Amalek, the father of a biblical tribe destroyed by King David in a holy war.