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[[file:joshua.jpg|frame|right|x310px|link=http://store.mpn.net/productdetails.cfm?PC=1430|[http://store.mennomedia.org/Joshua-P837.aspx''Joshua'', by Gordon H. Matties (Believers Church Bible Commentary)]'']]
 
  
=== Invitation to Comment ===
 
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=== Bibliography ===
 
*Albrektson, B. ''History and the Gods: An Essay on the Idea of Historical Events as Divine Manifestations in the Ancient Near East and in Israel''. Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, 1967.
 
*Barrett, Lois. ''The Way God Fights: War and Peace in the Old Testament''. Scottdale, PA, and Kitchener, ON: Herald, 1987.
 
*Block, Daniel I. ''The Gods of the Nations: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern National Theology''. 2nd ed. Evangelical Theological Society Studies 2. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic; Leicester: Apollos, 2000.
 
*Cowles, C. S., Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard, and Tremper Longman III. ''Show Them No Mercy: Four Views on God and Canaanite Genocide''. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
 
*Craigie, Peter C. ''The Problem of War in the Old Testament''. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
 
*Eller, Vernard. War and Peace from Genesis to Revelation. Scottdale, PA, and Kitchener, ON: Herald, 1981.
 
*Greenberg, Moshe. “On the Political Use of the Bible in Modern Israel: An Engaged Critique.” In ''Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom''. Edited by David P. Wright, David Noel Freedman, and Avi Hurvitz, 461-71. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1995.
 
*Hanson, Paul D. “War and Peace in the Hebrew Bible.” ''Interpretation'' 38 (1984):341-62.
 
*______. “War, Peace and Justice in Early Israel.” ''Bible Review'' 3 (1987):32-45.
 
*Hedges, Chris. ''War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning''. New York: Anchor, 2002.
 
*Hess, Richard S. “The Book of Joshua as a Land Grant.” ''Biblica'' 83 (2002): 493-506.
 
*______. “War in the Hebrew Bible: An Overview.” In ''War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century''. Edited by Richard S. Hess and Elmer A. Martens, 19-32. Bulletin for Biblical Research: Supplement 2. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008.
 
*Hess, Richard S., and Elmer A. Martens, eds. ''War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century''. Bulletin for Biblical Research: Supplement 2. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008.
 
*Knierim, Rolf P. “On the Subject of War in the Old Testament and Biblical Theology.” ''Horizons in Biblical Theology'' 16/1 (1994): 1-19.
 
*Lind, Millard C. ''Yahweh Is a Warrior: The Theology of Warfare in Ancient Israel''. Scottdale, PA, and Kitchener, ON: Herald, 1980.
 
*Longman, Tremper, III, and Daniel G. Reid. ''God Is a Warrior''. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
 
*McConville, J. Gordon. ''God and Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political Theology''. London and New York: T&T Clark, 2006.
 
*McDonald, Patricia M. ''God and Violence: Biblical Resources for Living in a Small World''. Scottdale, PA, and Waterloo, ON: Herald, 2004.
 
*Nelson, Richard D. “Divine Warrior Theology in Deuteronomy.” In ''A God So Near: Essays on Old Testament Theology in Honor of Patrick D. Miller'' Edited by Brent A. Strawn and Nancy R. Bowen, 241-59. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.
 
*Ollenburger, Ben C. “The Concept of ‘Warrior God’ in Peace Theology.” In ''Essays on Peace Theology and Witness''. Edited by Willard M. Swartley, 112-34. Occasional Papers 12. Elkhart: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1988.
 
*_____. “Peace and God’s Action Against Chaos in the Old Testament.” In ''The Church’s Peace Witness''. Edited by Marlin E. Miller and Barbara Nelson Gingerich, 70-88. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
 
*Rad, Gerhard von. ''Holy War in Ancient Israel''. Translated by Marva J. Dawn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991. (This ed. has a thirty-three page introduction by Ben C. Ollenburger and a bibliography on “War, Peace, and Justice in the Hebrew Bible,” compiled and annotated by Judith E. Sanderson. From the 3d German ed., 1958.)
 
*Rofé, Alexander. “The Laws of Warfare in the Book of Deuteronomy: Their Origins, Intent and Positivity.” ''Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'' 32 (1985): 23-44.
 
*Schwager, Raymund. ''Must There Be Scapegoats? Violence and Redemption in the Bible''. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
 
*Seibert, Eric A. ''Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God''. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2009.
 
*Swartley, Willard M. ''Slavery, Sabbath, War, and Women: Case Issues in Biblical Interpretation''. Scottdale, PA, and Kitchener, ON: Herald, 1983.
 
*______. “War.” In ''The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible''. Edited by Donald E. Gowan, 524-28. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003.
 
*Walzer, Michael. “The Idea of Holy War in Ancient Israel.” ''Journal of Religious Ethics'' 20/1 (1992): 215-28. Followed by a response by John Howard Yoder (229-34) and a reply by Walzer (235).
 
*Winn, Albert Curry. ''Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: Biblical Ambiguity and the Abolition of War''. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1993.
 
*Wood, John A. ''Perspectives on War in the Bible''. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.
 
*Wright, Christopher J. H. ''The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith''. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008.
 
*Yoder, John H. ''Nonviolence—A Brief History: The Warsaw Lectures''. Edited by Paul Martens, Matthew Porter, and Myles Werntz. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2010.
 
*______. ''The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster''. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Carlisle: Paternoster, 1994.
 
*Yoder, Perry B. ''Shalom: The Bible’s Word for Salvation, Justice, and Peace''. Institute of Mennonite Studies Series 7. Newton, KS: Faith & Life, 1987.
 
*Yoder Neufeld, Thomas. ''Killing Enmity: Violence and the New Testament''. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011.
 
*Younger, K. Lawson, Jr. ''Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing''. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series 98. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990.
 
 
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