Kill them all!

“Copan and Flannagan take on the arguments of atheists, who use divine violence in the Bible to undermine belief and trust in God. The authors are not only adept at biblical interpretation and philosophy, effectively countering this challenge, but they also write in a deeply compelling way.” — Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College.

“The most comprehensive and thorough treatment of the problem of violence in the Old Testament I have yet encountered. The authors engage the aggressive accusations of the New Atheists, as well as other equally skeptical but less strident critics of ‘the God of the Old Testament.’ And they do so with a mixture of careful biblical exegesis and incisive moral argumentation. The book is profound but remains readable, and the summaries at the end of each chapter are a great help in following the case as it is steadily built. All of us who, in teaching or preaching the Old Testament, are constantly assailed with ‘But what about the Canaanites?’ will be greatly grateful for these rich resources for an informed, gracious, and biblically faithful answer.” —Christopher J. H. Wright, international ministries director, Langham Partnership; author, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God and The God I Don’t Understand

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