Facing the Bible's hardest texts.
In The Old Terror, Arthur A. Tiger offers a deeply honest and intellectually courageous theological exploration of the Old Testament's most challenging ethical questions. Fearlessly confronting 16 of the darkest and most violent passages in Scripture—dealing with genocide, mass slaughter, the death of children, and violence against the defenseless—Tiger refuses to flinch or look away from the tragic reality of the text.
Deliberately avoiding the twin traps of simplistic apologetics that make excuses for the horror and superficial skepticism that closes the book too quickly, this work invites readers to face "the old terror" head-on. Utilizing a rigorous interdisciplinary approach that combines Ancient Near Eastern history, hermeneutics, and the historic concept of divine accommodation, Tiger demonstrates that Scripture is not a flat transcript, but a dynamic, centuries-long dialogue that actively wrestles with itself.
The Old Terror does not offer easy answers that dissolve the horror. Instead, it provides a profoundly moving, honest path through the darkness and toward a Christocentric revelation of God's sacrificial love. It is an essential read for anyone ready for a serious, challenging theological and ethical discussion.
