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Advanced Apologetics · Lesson 3 · 22 min

OT hard texts: slavery, conquest, and divine character

Engage the hardest Old Testament texts — slavery laws, ḥerem warfare, imprecatory psalms — without surrendering the Christian doctrine of God.

Reading path

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  1. Read

    The Old Testament hard texts: slavery, ḥerem, and the imprecatory psalms

    Slavery laws (Exodus 21, Leviticus 25, Deuteronomy 23:15-16), ḥerem warfare (Deuteronomy 7, Joshua 6), imprecatory psalms (Psalm 137) — with Copan, Walton, Webb, Wright.

  2. Read

    The problem of evil

    Companion piece — the wider question of God's character that hard texts raise.

  3. Read

    Comparative ethics: Jesus and Muhammad

    The fair comparative reading once both sides have engaged their hard texts.

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