Webinar series: How did we get from the Bible to a genocide in Gaza?

Join Dr. Dan Epp-Tiessen for a three-part webinar series that looks at the historical causes and biblical interpretations that have given rise to the current conflict in Gaza.

Oct 22 - Nov 05, 2025

Wednesday, October 22
7:00 - 8:30PM CDT

Virtual event
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This 3-part webinar series will be offered on three Wednesday evenings, each at 7 p.m. (CDT). All sessions are on Zoom, free of charge. 

  • Oct. 22: How the Bible helped generate Israel’s settler-colonialism and the dispossession of Palestinians 

  • Oct. 29: How Christian antisemitism, inspired by the New Testament, led to the creation of the state of Israel and the oppression of Palestinians  

  • Nov. 5: How Christian Zionist readings of the Bible have enabled the genocide in Gaza

Please mark your calendars and registerhere. The Zoom links will be sent to registrants closer to the dates. 

This 3-part webinar series is co-hosted by the Mennonite Church Canada Palestine-Israel Network and MCC Manitoba. 

Speaker

 

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Dr. Dan Epp-Tiessen

Dan Epp-Tiessen is retired from teaching Bible and theology at Canadian Mennonite University after twenty-six years. He is grateful for ongoing opportunities to live out his vocation of teaching and preaching the Bible and Christian faith, especially without assignments to mark in the evenings. Dan is active in solidarity efforts to resist Israel’s settler-colonial oppression of Palestinians and its genocide in Gaza. Dan enjoys gardening, birdwatching, camping, biking, exercising, and spending time with his wife Esther as well as their children and grandchildren.