Holy War in Ancient Israel </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Rad, Gerhard von</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1901-1971</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>1991</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>166tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>From the earliest days of Israel's existence as a people, holy war was a sacred institution, undertaken as a cultic act of a religious community. The concept of holy war, an intriguing and sometimes disturbing theme in the Old Testament, is given its most articulate expression in this classic study by the distinguished German scholar Gerhard von Rad. For Israel, the most important feature of holy war was the demand for faith in Yahweh's saving acts. However, von Rad argues, it was not Yahweh alone who acted</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Gerhard von Rad (Author), John H. Yoder , Marva J. Dawn (Translators)</note> <subject> <topic>War -- Biblical teaching</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Theology of the Old Testament</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">296.3827</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R124-G37</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802805287</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14869/58.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14869/58.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071420.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>