Pentecostal pacifist impulse and the violent God of the Hebrew Bible: A balancing act of hermeneutics
Most early Pentecostals took a pacifist stance toward violence and war, based on Jesus’ example of love for the enemies, and relegated human violence promoted as God’s will in the Hebrew Bible to a description of broken and sinful human behaviour that was not viewed as normative for Christians’ beha...
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Old Testament Society of South Africa
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Old Testament Essays |
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| Online Access: | https://ote-journal.otwsa-otssa.org.za/index.php/journal/article/view/222 |