HeyJaredThe Theological Mutt
This is a podcast aimed at delving into the big questions about God, meaning and life. We aim to bring together strands of Christian tradition to see what they might have to offer us, and the value they can bring to our lives.
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Allegorizing Violence in Scripture (opens the original)
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In this episode, I look at the notorious problem of divinely commanded violence as we find it in Israel's conquest of Canaan. Christ renounced violence for the purposes of God and commanded us to love our most bitter enemies. How are we, as followers of Christ, to read these troubling texts? With fresh eyes, I revisit the allegorical interpretation that was proposed centuries ago by Origen. This reading has been resurrected by Jerome Creach in his book, Violence in Scripture , which will guide u
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