Workshop 3: Divinely sanctioned (?) violence in the Old Testament

"Divinely sanctioned (?) violence in the Old Testament"

The workshop will consider, more from an exegetical perspective, Israel's claim that God ordered them to slaughter entire populations of indigenous peoples when Israel entered Canaan. The claim will be examined within the context of a Deuteronomic "conservative" tradition, and set alongside other views, such as that of the prophets and the author of Jonah, in which a picture of God's universal concern for other nations dominates.

 

Presenter: Dr  Graham Ogden, Australia

An Anglican priest from Australia, Dr Ogden was the former Professor of Old Testament in Trinity Theological College Singapore and Taiwan Theological College, Taipei; UBS Translation Consultant since 1987; author of commentaries on Ecclesiastes and Joel and of many articles in OT Journals.