Friday, January 15, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Blaming Jews (and Only Jews) for the Arab-Israeli Conflict - 'Walter Brueggemann, a giant in the world of Old Testament theology and interpretation, has affirmed the notion that the Arab-Israeli conflict is solely the fault of the Jews...If Brueggemann can, in good conscience (and with a straight face) tell Israeli Jews that "Meekness leads to turf," despite what they’ve experienced in the past decade, integrity demands that he offer this same kerygma to Israel’s adversaries, unless of course, he regards Palestinian violence as a manifestation of "grasping in confidence."'
