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Addresses related challenges such as imprecations (cursings) in the Psalms, treating them as major tests of divine morality. Proposes and evaluates interpretive approaches, including wartime-ethic distinctions and arguments that conquest language may be figurative hyperbole. Uses these cases to model how to approach other moral difficulties in the Old Testament.","1THE MORALITYOF GOD  \n# CHRISTIAN ANSWERSTO HARD QUESTIONS\n\nIN THE OLD TESTAMENT  \nG.K.BEALE  \nhttps://archive.org/details/moralityofgodino0000beal  \n## THE MORALITYOF GOD\n\nINTHE OLD TESTAMENT  \n## CHRISTIANANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS\n\nChristian Interpretations of Genesis IChristianity and the Role of PhilosophyCreation,Evolution,and Intelligent DesignThe Morality of God in the Old TestamentShould You Believe in God?Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin?  \nPeter A.Lillback and Steven T.Huff,Series Editors  \n## THE MORALITYOF GODIN THE OLD TESTAMENT\n\nG.K.BEALE  \nPH1LADELPH1A,PENNSYLVANIA  \nP U B L I S H I N GP.O.BOX817·PHILLIPSBURG·NEW JERSEY 08865-0817  \n◎20I3 by Westminster Theological Seminary  \nAllrights reserved.No part of thisbook maybe reproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,mechani-cal,photocopy,recording,or otherwise—except for brief quotations for thepurpose ofreview or comment,without the prior permission ofthe publisher,P&R Publishing Company,P.O.Box 8I7,Phillipsburg,New Jersey o8865-0817.  \nWestminster Seminary Press,LLC,a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company,is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westminster Theological Seminary.  \nThis work is a co-publication between P&R Publishing and WestminsterSeminary Press,LLC.  \nUnless otherwise indicated,Scripture quotations are from the NewAmericanStandard Bible.Copyright ◎I960,I962,I963,I968,I97I,I972,I973,I975,I977,I995 by The Lockman Foundation.Used by permission.Italics withinScripture quotations indicate emphasis added.  \nItalics within Scripture quotations indicate emphasis added.  \nISBN:978-I-59638-852-9(pbk)  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:20I3942295  \nTHE PURPOSE of this booklet is to discuss the problem ofhow God can be considered to be morally good,while at the sametime he does things and commands people in the Old Testamentto do things that do not appear to be good.One famous example isGod's command to Israel to exterminate every man,woman,andchild of the Canaanites(e.g.,cf.Deut.20:I2-I5 with 20:16-I8).  \nSome believe that such a God cannot be good,since this direc-tive of God's is virtually equivalent to his commanding Israel tocommit an act of ethnic cleansing,which would not be worthy ofthe loving andgracious God of the Bible.Though severalkinds ofproblems pertaining to God's moralityin the Old Testament couldbe discussed,²this booklet will deal primarily with the particularproblem concerning the killing of the Canaanites and,second-arily,the imprecations(or cursings)in the Psalms,since thesepose perhaps the greatest potential challenges to the morality ofGod.Some of the principles that we find standing behind thesetwo major issues also underlie an approach to some of the othermoral problems.Thus,the issue of the Canaanites and that ofthe imprecations in the Psalms will serve as examples of how toapproach other similar kinds of problems in the Old Testament.  \n## BEFORE WE MOVE ON\n\n+Which parts of the Old Testament may pose the biggestchallenges to the morality of God?Why?  \nPROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR UPHOLDING GOD'S MORALGOODNESS DESPITE HISCOMMAND TOANNIHILATE THE CANAANITES            \nThose who want to uphold the moral goodness of God haveproposed several solutions to this problem.  \n## THE MORALITY OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT\n\nWartime Ethic Legitimately Different from Peacetime Ethic  \nOne solution is that what is consideredgood moral behaviorinwar is sometimes different from that in peacetime.This is true inancient as well as modern times.For example,lying and deceptionare usually an accepted ethic in wartime.An army may ambushanotherarmy through deceptive tactics.This is legitimate practiceduring war.Killing the enemy is also condoned during battle.Butthe killing ofnoncombatants,whether they be the elderly,women,or young children,is not condoned in modern wartime practice,though ithappens.Such killing was,however,sometimes condonedin World War ll,when Britain carpet b","cbCaiqB4bHJ8vMIy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqB4bHJ8vMIy","pdf",3693520,3,1,52,"English","en",105,"# The Morality of God in the Old Testament\n## Christian Answers to Hard Questions\n## The Purpose of This Booklet\n## Before We Move On\n## Proposed Solutions for Upholding God’s Moral Goodness\n## Wartime Ethic: Legitimately Different from Peacetime Ethic\n## The Divine Command to Kill All Women and Children Is Not Meant to Be Taken Literally","[{\"question\":\"What is the main moral problem discussed in the Old Testament?\",\"answer\":\"How God can be considered morally good while commanding Israel to do actions that seem morally troubling, especially the command to annihilate the Canaanites.\"},{\"question\":\"Which two major Old Testament issues does the booklet focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The killing of the Canaanites and the imprecations (cursings) in 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