Thou Shalt not Oppress the Stranger: A Review of "The Immigration Crisis" by James Hoffmeier

The Purpose of the Book
 
The purpose of this book was to prove that the commands regarding Israel’s treatment of strangers were only intended to apply to legally resident aliens.  In order to prove this point, Hoffmeier put forward the claim that

“In the Hebrew Bible the alien (ger) was a person who entered Israel and followed legal procedures to obtain recognized standing as a resident alien.”
 
In contrast, Hoffmeier described the foreigner (nekhar) as

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