@article{ART002957115},
author={Sa-Ya Lee},
title={A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2023},
number={55},
pages={237-264}

TY - JOUR
AU - Sa-Ya Lee
TI - A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2023
VL - null
IS - 55
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 237
EP - 264
SN - 1229-8387
AB - This study attempts an ethical reading of the Old Testament, focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. In the Old Testament, there are scattered stories that are difficult for modern people to accept. Among them, the Herem means destroying the enemy’s city and annihilating its inhabitants. If so, is it ethically reasonable to exterminate all life and the inhabitants of Jericho, regardless of age or gender? Indeed, we cannot rejoice in the declaration that Israel annihilated the gentiles and destroyed the city. The text demands to be read from an ethical point of view besides God’s judgment and salvation. It contrasts Rahab, a gentile prostitute, with Achan, an Israelite, and tells us that gentiles can be saved by being excluded from the objects of Herem, and that Israelis can also become objects of Herem. Also, through the story of Achan, it is said that individual ethics are community ethics. Above all, the text demands to be read from the perspective that life and worship cannot be separated.
KW - Ethics;Old Testament;Herem;Jericho;Ai;Gentile;Human Sacrifice
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Sa-Ya Lee. (2023). A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 55, 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. 2023, "A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.55, pp.237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee "A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 55 pp.237-264 (2023) : 237.

Sa-Ya Lee. A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. 2023; 55 : 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. "A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.55(2023) : 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 55, 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2023; 55 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua. 2023; 55 : 237-264.

Sa-Ya Lee. "A Study for Reading the Old Testament as the Ethical Book: Focusing on Herem in the Book of Joshua" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.55(2023) : 237-264.