Special Invitation Palestinian author, pastor and theologian Mitri Raheb Faith in the Face of Empire: the Bible through Palestinian Eyes Yale Divinity School March 26, 2014 at 4:00pm

Please join us for a talk and book signing by Mitri Raheb about his latest book, Faith in the Face of Empire: the Bible through Palestinian Eyes (Orbis Press, 2014). The book presents a new reading of the Bible from the perspective of the "people of Palestine."

 

Special Invitation Palestinian author, pastor and theologian Mitri Raheb  Faith in the Face of Empire: the Bible through Palestinian Eyes  Yale Divinity School March 26, 2014 at 4:00pm In this concise work that blends both academic and pastoral understandings, Raheb shows how the history of Palestine, ancient and modern, is one of diverse and unique contexts and yet recurring patterns. Raheb spells out Jesus' gospel in relation to the Roman empire of his time, and the biblical values relevant for the Middle East—then and now. This approach sheds a new light on the biblical texts within the context of imperial domination, and it introduces a new perspective and culture for a "New Middle East." Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb is the President of Bright Stars of Bethlehem, President of Dar al-Kalima University College in Bethlehem, and President of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, Palestine. He is the author of several books including I Am a Palestinian Christian and Bethlehem Besieged..

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