Der Bibel-gott Israels Auf Der Anklagebank Nach Stgb Hubert Berghaus -

: Berghaus "indicts" the biblical God for numerous offenses, including incitement to war, genocide, mass murder, and crimes against humanity. He systematically lists passages from the Bible and matches them against specific paragraphs of the German StGB , such as murder (§ 211) or incitement to hatred (§ 130).

In his provocative book Der Bibel-Gott Israels auf der Anklagebank nach dem Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) , subjects the biblical portrayal of the deity to a modern legal "trial" based on the German Penal Code (StGB). : Berghaus "indicts" the biblical God for numerous

: By putting God on the "defendant's bench," Berghaus challenges theologians to reconcile the "merciful God" of modern preaching with the "wrathful and violent God" found in the scriptural texts he cites. : By putting God on the "defendant's bench,"

The work is a polemic critique of religion that applies contemporary criminal law standards to the acts attributed to God in the Old Testament. Key Arguments and Themes including incitement to war