Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Moses’ farewell discourses in the book of Deuteronomy present a program for constituting Israel as a ‘nation’ in political terms and, at the same time, as the ‘people of God’. In this talk, Dominik Markl SJ, Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies at Innsbruck University, Austria, reflects on how trauma theory can help us understand both the political and religious dimensions of Deuteronomy. He also offers some reflections on how trauma, politics, and religion are still intertwined in our contemporary world.
Part of the Kraft-Hiatt Program for Jewish-Christian Understanding.