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Rethinking Death in the Pentateuch

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Death is clearly a fact of life. What’s less clear is what sense we ought to make of death culturally, politically, and even theologically. These talks aim to rethink death by returning to the Pentateuch—the Five Books of Moses.

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Talk # 1: Rethinking Death in Genesis

• What is death? The usual Christian answer goes something like: Death is exile and alienation. Near the Bible's beginning, after all, Adam and Eve die after being expelled from God’s Garden. This talk argues, however, that according to Genesis, human death isn’t an exile but rather a homecoming. By “returning to the dust," Adam’s children become more, rather than less, of what they’re meant to be.

🕖 Tuesday, October 20th @ 7PM
📌 Charleswood Community Church, 760 Charleswood Road, Winnipeg, MB (in-person or online)

Talk # 2: Should We Disown the Dead?

• How should we relate to dead Christians of the past who, in our eyes, betrayed the faith—the legalists, cowards and hypocrites; even the crusaders and colonizers? The Book of Numbers can be read as the Old Testament’s answer. Numbers tells the story of Israel’s unfaithful generation getting lost and dying in the wilderness. The book is unflinchingly honest. But it is also more than a cautionary tale. Numbers charts the limits of “steadfast love” in the face of betrayal and apostasy.

🕛 Thursday, October 22nd @ 12PM
📌 Providence Campus, South Howison Room, Otterburne, MB (in-person or online)
*** A free light lunch will be provided for those in attendance at the October 22nd event in Otterburne.

» Presenter: Dr. Nate Wall-Bowering

Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Providence Theological Seminary