Old Testament Violence Claim Audit

Lesson: T4-L10 - Old Testament Violence

Purpose

Support the primary activity for Old Testament Violence.

Instructions

1. Read the principal passage.
2. Record direct observations.
3. Separate interpretation from application.
4. Name one faithful response.

Text

Deuteronomy 7:1-11; Joshua 6; Jonah 4

Big idea

Violence texts require attention to genre, ancient context, judgment claims, canonical development, and moral objections.

Guardrails

Present the strongest moral objections to conquest texts rather than caricaturing them. | Separate ancient judgment claims from modern war authorization; these texts do not give contemporary Christians a standing mandate for conquest.