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Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives

Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible

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Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives

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  1. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives

  2. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible

  3. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture

  4. “But as for the towns of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not let anything that breathes remain alive. You shall annihilate them—the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites—just as the Lord your God has commanded, so that they may not teach you to do all the abhorrent things that they do for their gods, & you thus sin against the Lord your God.” - Deut. 20:16-18

  5. “The books of the law that they found they tore to pieces and burned with fire. Anyone found possessing the book of the covenant, or anyone who adhered to the law, was condemned to death by decree of the king.” - 1 Maccabees 1:56-57

  6. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space

  7. “Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel; but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.” - 2 Chron. 6:5-6

  8. “The king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the priests of the second order, and the guardians of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.” - 2 Kings 23:4

  9. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel

  10. “When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you— and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy. Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. But this is how you must deal with them: break down their altars, smash their pillars, hew down their sacred poles, and burn their idols with fire. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.” - Deut. 7:1-6

  11. “And they put to the sword all who were in it, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed, and he burned Hazor with fire. And all the towns of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.” - Joshua 11:11-12

  12. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament

  13. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matthew 5:38-48

  14. 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40 and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well; 41 and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. 42 Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. -Matthew 5:38-48 (NRSV)

  15. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matthew 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence?

  16. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matt. 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence? -Conflicts related to 4 issues: 1. Revelation or Sacred Texts

  17. “A number of those who practiced magic collected their books & burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins.” - Acts 19:19

  18. “A number of those who practiced magic collected their books & burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins.” - Acts 19:19 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!” - Gal. 1:8

  19. “A number of those who practiced magic collected their books & burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins.” - Acts 19:19 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!” - Gal. 1:8 “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.” - 1 Pet. 1:22-2:2

  20. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matt. 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence? Conflicts related to 4 issues: 1. Revelation or Sacred Texts 2. Sacred Space

  21. “In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market-place!’ His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’” - John 2:14-17

  22. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matt. 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence? Conflicts related to 4 issues: 1. Revelation or Sacred Texts 2. Sacred Space 3. Group Privileging

  23. “‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.’” - Matthew 10:34-38 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” - Luke 14:26-27

  24. “For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.” - John 5:18 “After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him.” - John 7:1

  25. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matt. 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence? Conflicts related to 4 issues: 1. Revelation or Sacred Texts 2. Sacred Space 3. Group Privileging 4. Salvation: Violence & the Atonement

  26. “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” - Hebrews 9:22 “…But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.” - Hebrews 9:26 “How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, & outraged the Spirit of grace?” - Hebrews 10:29

  27. Violence in the Bible: Jewish & Early Christian Perspectives I. Violence in Judaism & the Hebrew Bible A. Revelation or Scripture B. Sacred Space C. Group Privileging, or the “Chosenness” of Israel II. Peace and Violence in the New Testament A. Reflections on Context: Understanding Matt. 5:38-48 B. Legitimization of Violence? Conflicts related to 4 issues: 1. Revelation or Sacred Texts 2. Sacred Space 3. Group Privileging 4. Salvation: Violence & the Atonement

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