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Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
The Israelites, also known as the Hebrews, engaged in a number of armed conflicts among themselves in the Land of Israel.Many of these feature in the Hebrew Bible.These conflicts took place during the nomadic period of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and also after the establishment and collapse of ancient Israel and Judah, which were two independent kingdoms—Israel in the north and Judah in the ...
Many [neutrality is disputed] scholars interpret the book of Joshua as referring to what would now be considered genocide. [1] When the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land, they are commanded to annihilate "the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites" who already lived there, to avoid being tempted into idolatry. [2]
The Book of the Wars of the LORD (Hebrew: ספר מלחמת יהוה, romanized: sêp̄er milḥămōṯ Yahweh) is one of several non-canonical books referenced in the Bible which have now been completely lost. [1] It is mentioned in Numbers 21:13–14, which reads:
In the Hebrew Bible it is part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [4] This chapter is a part of a section (so-called "Second Zechariah") consisting of Zechariah 9–14. [5] It continues the theme of chapters 12 and 13 about the 'war preceding peace for Jerusalem in the eschatological future'. [6]
According to Maimonides, a mandatory war is a defensive war against an already launched attack. [3]A mandatory war is to be distinguished from a "voluntary war" (מלחמת רשות ; milḥemet reshūt), that is to say, a battle waged of free choice, which requires the approbation of the Sanhedrin, presumably in order to impose a religious and moral check on reckless warfare. [4]
For wars and battles narrated in the Hebrew Bible that may or may not have been historical, see Military activity in the Old Testament and Category:Hebrew Bible battles. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.