Genocide in Canaan?
Jan Smith
The biblical account of Israel's conquest of Canaan should probably not be read literally – as an exercise in genocide – but understood through the lens of ancient literary conventions using hyperbolic language to convey spiritual lessons rather than factual history.
God is Love
perspective
cultural interpretation
read article
Read the Article
We have Downloadable PDFs for all of our articles or you can read it right here on our website.
read article
Listen to the Article.
Genocide in Canaan?
Jan Smith
0:00 / 0:00
Download
You can subscribe to our podcast, and listen to all of our articles using any of the following platforms:
Apple Spotify
read article
Study Guide
Thinking about using this article for a Bible class, Sunday school, or CYC? Use this study guide as a starting point for a group discussion with others, or for self reflection on your own.
If you have a question you think should be added to the study guide, please let us know by emailing
Community Discussion