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Jehovah's international love
Lewis, Arthur H.
Lewis, Arthur H.
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"Xenophobia, the fear and hatred of strangers, continues to blight modern society, just as it did ancient Israel and her neighbors. Some of the world's trouble-spots show Protestants fighting Catholics, or white Christians fighting black Christians. The question raised by this paper is whether the Hebrew Scriptures provide an answer to bigotry, or whether they only illustrate the problem. A study of the laws and admonitions to Israel having to do with the ger and the goi, the sojourner within the tribes and the foreign nation outside, show a high standard of love for the stranger that cannot be challenged. Compliance by the Hebrews came short of these ideals, but throughout most of Old Testament history the Israelites were surprisingly tolerant of their neighbors. The pattern of nationalism starts to develop at the end of the divided monarchy and after the return of the exiled Jews from Babylon"
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1972
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