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The Hebrew scriptures open with a series of horrific stories about murder, prostitution, and daughter-on-father sexual assault. These stories all appear just in the first half of the

book of Genesis, and they're all being

perpetrated by Abraham and his relatives.

Literarily speaking, this is a bold move.

Theologically speaking, that seems problematic at the very least.

But what role should horror have in our culture and our theology?

And how do our experiences with trauma and horror

shape our reading of scripture and shape our contemporary theology? Today I have with me,

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