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  • A Cruciform Hermeneutic (Boyd Project 3)

    A Cruciform Hermeneutic (Boyd Project 3)

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    In this third issue on Boyd’s monumental work, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God, I begin to interact with the book itself. In the first six chapters, Boyd gives us his general theory of interpretation or, in one word, his hermeneutic. Before I dive into this, I need to vent a major frustration I have…

  • War in Joshua (Boyd Project 2)

    War in Joshua (Boyd Project 2)

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    I continue my exploration of the conquest of Canaan; this issue is all about the book of Joshua. If taken at face value, Joshua may be the most violent book in the Old Testament (OT). What do we make of this book today? What did God command? And what does that highly peculiar Hebrew word…