Tag Archives: genocide
Jim West justifies Genocide
According to Numbers chapter 14:11-12, the national god of Israel, Yahweh, once made up his mind to kill the entire population of Israel - about two or three million Israelites – but for Moses and his family. The background is provided … Continue reading
Filed under Anakim, Numbers 13-14
The Book of Genocide: The Destruction of The Zamzummim Giants
The Book of Genocide appears to be a group art project, which ran from January 2010 to April 2010: One of the biblical genocides they illustrated was “The Destruction of The Zamzummim Giants”: And when thou comest nigh over against … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Deuteronomy 2, Zamzummim
Thom Stark versus Matt Flannagan: The Aesthetics of Willed Confusion
Thom Stark makes an excellent reply to some more apologetic vacuities pedelled by Matthew Flannagan concerning the biblical conquest in the book of Joshua. The background to Stark’s reply is a series of recent attempts by various conservative evangelical Christians to argue … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts
The Tutsi, Giants of Central Africa? Giants of Palestine?
The 20 June 1938 edition of LIFE magazine features an article on the “Watusi” of eastern central Africa, better known today as the Tutsi, inhabitants of eastern Congo, Rwanda, and Berundi. LIFE includes a handy map of the Belgian Congo … Continue reading →
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Filed under Deuteronomy 1, Magazines
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