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War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence (Updated Edition) by Susan Niditch Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-19-509840-4 / 0195098404 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-509840-2 / 9780195098402 Texts about war pervade the Hebrew Bible, raising challenging questions in religious and political ethics. The war passages that readers find most disquieting are those in which God demands the total annihilation of the enemy without regard to gender, age, or military status. The ideology of the "ba |