On Founding God’s Nation: An Engagement with Leon Kass and His New Book on Exodus

April 2021

If you are looking for biblical interpretation that opens out onto all of life, then Leon Kass’s work is in a class of its own. In this event Kass introduces us to his new book, On Founding God’s Nation, followed by a number presentations by biblical scholars and theologians all engaging with his excellent work.

1. Introducing Founding God's Nation | Leon Kass

2. The Hermeneutics of Exodus: Reading Exodus with Leon Kass | William Olhausen

3. God’s Being is Worth Knowing: Kass’s Hayah-ology | Dru Johnson

4. 'Let My People Go’: Israel’s Exodus as Divine Liberation for All God’s People | Theon Hill

5. Rightly Dividing the (Ten) Word(s): The Decalogue in Its Literary and Historical Contexts | Carmen Imes

6. The (Eternal) Life of the Tabernacle: YHWH's Dwelling Amidst his People | Craig Bartholomew

7. 'Out of all the nations…’: Israel’s Legal and Social Aspirations as a Paradigm for Contemporary Public Theology and Ethics | Chris Wright

See Other 2021 Events

The Impact and Importance of George Steiner’s Real Presences

Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith

Yahweh, the gods of the ANE, and law: An Engagement with Psalm 82

Kierkegaard & Spirituality: A Dialogue with C. Stephen Evans

Reading and Preaching Exodus: Bartholomew on Chris Wright’s Exodus, and Wright on Craig Bartholomew’s Sinai

Awakening the Giant: The Doctrine of Creation and Pastoral Ministry | Craig Bartholomew

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