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Peace and Violence in the Old Testament
Course Introduction — Start Here
About the Instructor: Dr. Brad Jersak
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Module 1
Lecture 1 — Intro to Peace and Violence in the Old Testament (22:28)
Video Clip — Brad Jersak and David Goa: "The Bible and the Land of Shades" (Parts 1 & 2)
Video Clip — Stanley Hauerwas: "Old Testament Violence" (The Work of the People)
Video Clip — Pete Enns: "No One Saw This Coming" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "Sodom, the Destroyer, and the Christlike God" (Clarion Journal)
Supplemental Reading – Eric Seibert: Ch. 1 – "Introduction: The Bible Should Never Be Used to Harm Others" (The Violence of Scripture)
Module 2
Lecture 2 – Matt Lynch: "Noah: Human Violence and Divine Re-Creation" (40:02)
Video Clip — Greg Boyd: "The Crucifixion of the Warrior God" (The Work of the People)
Video Clip — James Alison: "A Huge Shift of Epoch" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "Psalm 58 - King David's First Mashup" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "The God of Every Day Wrath – Psalm 7" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
Module 3
Lecture 3 – A Christocentric Polyphonic Approach to Biblical Authority (20:42)
Video Clip — Ellen Davis: "It's More Than You See" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Jonathan Bonomo: "What is the Christotelic Hermeneutic and Why Should You Care?" (christthetelos.wordpress.com)
Supplemental Reading – Andrew Klager: "Beyond Arguing about Divine Inconsistency in the Old and New Testaments: An Orthodox Perspective on Union and 'Knowing'" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
Supplemental Reading – Andrew Klager: "Understanding Biblical Violence: An 'Oikonomic Approach'" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
Supplemental Reading – Eric Seibert: Ch. 5 – "Developing Good Reading Habits-Becoming Ethically Responsible Readers" (The Violence of Scripture)
Module 4
Lecture 4 – Pete Enns: "God Lets His Children Tell the Story" (35:29)
Video Clip — Pete Enns: "Jesus Is Bigger Than the Bible" (The Work of the People)
Video Clip — Pete Enns: "The Bible Just As It Is" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Pete Enns: "5 Modern Insights About the Old Testament That Aren’t Going Anywhere" (Pete Enns Blog)
Supplemental Reading – Eric Seibert: Ch. 8 – "Keeping the Old Testament from Being Used to Justify War" (The Violence of Scripture)
Module 5
Lecture 5 – The Joshua Conquest Texts (20:06)
Video Clip — Pete Enns: "God Did What?" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "But Did They Find the WMDs? Scripture Faithfully Questions Scripture" (PTM Blog)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "Q&R – Why the Prophetic Directives to Destroy?" (PTM Blog)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "Reading the Psalms Christianly: Apocalyptic Poetry and Resurrection Prophecies" (PTM Blog)
Module 6
Lecture 6 – Isaiah’s Vision of the Shalomic Kingdom: God’s "I Have a Dream" Speech (31:09)
Video Clip — Walter Brueggemann: “The Land Promise” (The Work of the People)
Video Clip — Walter Brueggemann: "Shalom, the Common Good, and Salvation" (The Work of the People)
Supplemental Reading — Brad Jersak: "Doesn't Isaiah 59:1–2 Teach Separation from God?" (Brad Jersak Blog)
Supplemental Reading – Eric Seibert: Ch. 10 – "The Necessity and Urgency of Reading the Old Testament Nonviolently: Some Conclusions" (The Violence of Scripture)
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