1. PEACE THEOLOGY 101 LECTURE 4

2. PEACE THEOLOGY 101 Introduction to Peace Theology. This course will help the students to appreciate and to evaluate a biblical understanding and contemporary practice of Peace Theology. Such evaluation will be done within the framework of social sciences and informed from the perspective of biblical theology. The students will be intellectually, emotionally, and volitionally involved in the current discussions on the meanings, proposals, and tasks of Peace Theology.

3. PEACE THEOLOGY 101 DEVELOPING A TANAKH THEOLOGY OF PEACE

4. 1.Both ancient materials and younger materials emphasize Yahweh’s miracle, with more mention of active human response. 2.Ancient and new material distinctly emphasize Yahweh’s miracle vis-à-vis Assyrian Annals. 3.Yahweh leadership as King is comparable to ancient Near Eastern writings. 4. THE CONQUEST AS YAHWEH’S WAR PEACE THEOLOGY 101

5. HOW DO WE DEVELOP A TANAKH THEOLOGY OF PEACE?

6. PEACE THEOLOGY 101 GOD’S COSMIC SHALOM STORY AND OUR PARTICULAR SHALOM-STORY-BUILDING OURHUMANSTORY OURPEOPLE’SSTORY OURMINISTRY’SSTORY IN THE BEGINNING AT THE END OF TIME GENESISREVELATION OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM YAHWEH’S STORY The Biblical Story Adapted from Bryant L. Myers, WALKING WITH THE POOR (Orbis Books, 2006), p. 22 THE CONTEXTS OF SHALOM-BUILDING

7. Perhaps like watching a Hebrew community-based conflict transformation process in a court of law? TESTIMONY DISPUTE ADVOCACY HOW DO WE READ THE HEBREW SCRIPTURE FROM A PEACE THEOLOGICAL SET OF LENSES? PEACE THEOLOGY 101 Inspired by Walter Brueggemann Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, and Advocacy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.

8. PEACE THEOLOGY 101