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Just Deceivers
Matthew Newkirk
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Description for Just Deceivers
Paperback. An in-depth study of the depiction of lies and deception in 1 and 2 Samuel, demonstrating the complexity of the attitudes towards falsehood expressed in the text. Num Pages: 262 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRCF1; HRCG3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Does the Bible allow us to deceive? Is it ever right to lie? These are perennial questions that have been discussed and debated by theologians for centuries with little consensus. Entering this conversation, Just Deceivers provides a fresh analysis of this important topic through a comprehensive examination of the motif of deception in the books of Samuel. While many studies have explored deception in other Old Testament texts - especially the patriarchal narratives of Genesis - and a few articles have initiated examination of this motif in Samuel, Just Deceivers builds upon this groundwork and offers an exhaustive treatment of ... Read more
Does the Bible allow us to deceive? Is it ever right to lie? These are perennial questions that have been discussed and debated by theologians for centuries with little consensus. Entering this conversation, Just Deceivers provides a fresh analysis of this important topic through a comprehensive examination of the motif of deception in the books of Samuel. While many studies have explored deception in other Old Testament texts - especially the patriarchal narratives of Genesis - and a few articles have initiated examination of this motif in Samuel, Just Deceivers builds upon this groundwork and offers an exhaustive treatment of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227175507
SKU
V9780227175507
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About Matthew Newkirk
Matthew Newkirk (PhD, Wheaton College) is Professor of Old Testament at Christ Bible Seminary in Nagoya, Japan.
Reviews for Just Deceivers
"This book is a very useful contribution to studies in the Book of Samuel and to an understanding of the biblical perspective on deception" Benjamin J M Johnson, Oxford, Theological Book Review vol.28 no.1, pp.17-8