Womens Bible Study

Many of us struggle to understand what is happening in the Middle East today. God promised the land now occupied by the state of Israel to the Hebrews in the Bible ... didn't He? But ... what about the people who were (and are) living in the land? Does God take land from one people and give it to another? What does the Bible say?

In this study we will hear the voices of women of the Middle East, as well as voices of theological and historical understanding. We will struggle with the words of Joshua. When was the text written? Does he text speak for God or people? Does God condone the awful violence described in scripture? Somehow it does not seem right that God should decree that a people be uprooted from their homes, denied civil rights, even killed because the land “belongs” to another people. What is God saying to us through this book?