The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
58. How Does the Hebrew Bible Deal with Ecological Issues?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Jonathan K. Kavusa [+]
University of Pretoria
Dr Jonathan K. Kavusa holds a PhD from the University of South Africa. He currently
serves as an Associate Researcher with the University of Pretoria and also is the
President and Legal Representative of the Baptist Church in Central Africa (www.cbca-
kanisa.org). His publications include “Ecological Hermeneutics and the Interpretation of
Biblical Texts Yesterday, Today and Onwards: Critical Reflection and Assessment,” Old
Testament Essays 32 (2019): 229–255 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2312-
3621/2019/v32n1a13 ); Water and Water-Related Phenomena in the Old Testament
Wisdom Literature: An Eco-theological Investigation (London: Bloomsbury, 2020); and
“Creation as a Cosmic Temple: Reading Genesis 1:1–2:4a in light of Willie van Heerden’s
Ecological Insights,” Journal for Semitics 30 (2021): 1–23 ( https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-
6573/8761).
Description
Were Nasr and White correct to situate the root of the present ecological crisis in the way Western Christians have read the Old Testament? The different answers advanced so far are not equally convincing, but there are good reasons not to succumb to eco-anxiety.