Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God

Name: Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God
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ISBN: 9780801072758

ISBN-10: 0801072751

ISBN-13: 9780801072758

Edition: 2011

Authors: Paul Copan

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A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations? And how are we to reconcile the seemingly disconnected natures of God portrayed in the two testaments?In this timely and readable book, apologist Paul Copan takes on some of the most vexing accusations of our time, including:God is arrogant and jealous God punishes people too harshly God is guilty of ethnic cleansing God oppresses women God endorses slavery Christianity causes violence and…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Baker Books
Publication date: 1/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Paul Copan is Professor and the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL, USA. He is the co-editor (with Paul Moser) of The Rationality of Theism (Routledge), (with Chad Meister) of The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Routledge), and Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues (Blackwell), and co-author (with William Craig) of Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration (Baker Academic).



Introduction



Neo-Atheism



Who Are the New Atheists?



The New Atheists and the Old Testament God



God: Gracious Master or Moral Monster?



Great Appetite for Praise and Sacrifices? Divine Arrogance or Humility?



Monumental Rage and Kinglike Jealousy? Understanding the Covenant-Making God



Child Abuse and Bullying? God's Ways and the Binding of Isaac



Life in the Ancient Near East and in Israel



God's Timeless Wisdom? Incremental Steps for Hardened Hearts



The Bible's Ubiquitous Weirdness? Kosher Foods, Kooky Laws? (I)



The Bible's Ubiquitous Weirdness? Kosher Foods, Kooky Laws? (II)



Barbarisms, Crude Laws, and Other Imaginary Crimes? Punishments and Other Harsh Realities in Perspective



Misogynistic? Women in Israel



Bride-Price? Polygamy, Concubinage, and Other Such Questions



Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (I): Slavery in Israel



Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (II): Challenging Texts on Slavery



Warrant for Trafficking in Humans as Farm Equipment? (III): Slavery in the New Testament



Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (I)



Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (II)



Indiscriminate Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing? The Killing of the Canaanites (III)



The Root of All Evil? Does Religion Cause Violence?



Sharpening the Moral Focus



Morality without a Lawgiving God? The Divine Foundation of Goodness



We Have Moved beyond This God (Haven't We?): Jesus as the Fulfiller of the Old Testament


Discussion/Study Questions


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