Nahum

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Old Testament · questions that cite Nahum.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Will God flood the earth again?

The tension: Genesis 9:11-15 gives an unqualified covenantal 'no' — God swears never again to flood the earth, with the rainbow as the binding sign.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does God help in times of need?

The tension: Multiple psalms and prophetic texts have Yahweh actively hiding his face, refusing to hear prayers, and abandoning those who cry out (Ps 10:1; 22:1; 88:14; Isa…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Do the wicked live long?

The tension: Job 21:7 stares straight at the problem of evil and admits that the wicked do, in fact, live long and grow mighty.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God ever get furious?

The tension: Isaiah 27:4 has YHWH declare 'fury is not in me' (chemah ein li).

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