Controversial texts in the Old Testament

• Introduction. Is the Old Testament a Christian text?
• It repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth (Gen 6:6) – Limits and possibilities of Old Testament theology
• The LORD thy God is a jealous God (Deut 6:15) – Exclusivism and intolerance in the Old Testament
• I loved Jacob and I hated Esau (Mal 1:2-3) – Election and rejection
• O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself (Zsolt 94:1) – The place of negative emotions in Israel's faith
• I will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children (Ex 20:5) – The problem of collective responsibility in the Old Testament
• Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? (Job 10:10) – The unknown faces of Old Testament anthropology
• The LORD encountered him and sought to kill him (Ex 4,24) - Is the God of the Old Testament dangerous?
• Spare no one, but kill alike men and women(1Sam 15:3) - Holy war?
• Take your favored one, and offer him as a burnt offering (Gen 22:2) - Unrealistic ethical standards?
• Vanity of vanities! (Préd 1:2) - Philosophy of life from the margins of the Old Testament
• He cursed them in the name of the LORD (2 Kgs 2:24) – Holiness and worldview in the Old Testament
• It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31) - The other face of the New Testament
• Evaluation