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Corporal Punishment in Bible by Webb

William Webb confronts those often avoided biblical passages that call for the corporal punishment of children, slaves and wrongdoers. How should we understand and apply them today? Are we obligated to replicate those injunctions today? Or does the proper interpretation of them point in a different direction? Webb notes that most of the Christian church is at best inconsistent in its application of these texts. But is there a legitimate basis for these lapses? Building on the findings of his previous work, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals, Webb argues that the proper interpretation and application of these texts requires ascertaining their meaning within the ancient cultural/historical context. In recognizing the sweep of God's redemptive purposes already evident in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New, we remain truly biblical.

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ISBN 13 9780830827619
ISBN 10 0830827617
Title Corporal Punishment in Bible
Author Webb
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher InterVarsity Press
Year published 2011-08-21
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.