Further Reading and Resources

Print Resources

William Ford, "The Challenge of the Canaanites," Tyndale Bulletin 68 (2017): 24. Pdf N
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J. P. U. Lilley, "Understanding the Herem," Tyndale Bulletin 44.1 (1993):1-32. Pdf N
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J.P.U. Lilley, "The Judgement of God: The Problem of the Canaanites," Themelios 22:2 (January 1997): 3-12. Pdf N(Open on Phone)

Stephen N. Williams, "Could God Have Commanded the Slaughter of the Canaanites?" Tyndale Bulletin 63 (2012): 161-179. Pdf N
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Media Resources

Peter Williams, "Answering Moral Objections to the Old Testament," The Gospel Coalition, US. Two talks (on genocide and slavery) delivered at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013.
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Further Reading

Arie Versluis, The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2017. This is a highly detailed exegetical study of the subject esp., as the commandment is found in Deut 7.

Heath A. Thomas, Jeremy Evans, and Paul Copans, eds., Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2013.

Tood Lake, Did God Command Genocide? Christian Theology and the Herem. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1997.

Stanley N. Gundry, ed., Show Them No Mercy: Four Views on God and Canaanite Genocide. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.

Peter C. Craigie, The Problem of War in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Millard Lind, Yahweh Is a Warrior. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1980.

Tremper Longman III & Daniel G. Reid, God is a Warrior. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Susan Niditch, War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Gerhard von Rad, Holy War in Ancient Israel, ed. and tran. by Marva Dawn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Eric A. Seibert, The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament Legacy. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012.

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