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I don't have a lot of reading time, but I'm always listening to documentaries while I do my art. And documentaries you know of?
I'll take a look around. Everything history channel does is terrible; I've not found anything I'd take seriously, but I've got some NT scholar friends that might have an idea.
Sorry, but the Bible contradicts itself on the peace tip. Jesus repeatedly says if you dont believe in him, he will punish you forever in the starkest of agonies. Turn the other cheek is nothing but a momentary truce, quite like Islamic conquerors loved to talk about before their fire and judgement took place.
I'd be interested in those passages, your interpretation of the historical context, and how they're situated within the particular task of the given author.
The Quran, the Hebrew Bible, the NT... there is far less conspiracy going on than people think. Various hermeneutical principles (often formed by non-religious thinkers) usually do a fine job of giving reason why prima facia contradictions aren't really contradictions.
That said, there are some SERIOUSLY problematic theological paradigms in the whole Bible that absolutely conflict. Go read Jesus' sermon on the mount and then the book of Joshua. That shit DOES NOT cohere, lol.