Old Testament: Moral Monstrocities

A lit­tle while ago I ran across an arti­cle by philoso­pher Paul Copan in which he dis­cusses the seem­ing moral issues in the Old Tes­ta­ment, espe­cially where the appar­ent Israelite slaugh­ter of the Canaan­ite tribes is involved. It’s a bit of a long read, though inter­est­ing and worth it if you into the topic. You can find the arti­cle here.

I plan on giv­ing this another read myself as I recently came across a line of argu­ment (though, sadly, have mis­placed the source) which attempts to cre­ate a dis­tinc­tion between Israel effec­tively com­mit­ting geno­cide (as the charge goes), and Israel being com­manded to drive out, but not slaugh­ter, the tribes of Canaan. Seems to be worth a sec­ond look, assum­ing I can find it again.

Related posts:

1. Book Review: IVP New Tes­ta­ment Commentaries