In Verbum Domini, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges that there are “dark passages in the Bible which, due to the violence and immorality they occasionally contain, prove obscure and difficult”. He goes on thew say that “it would be a mistake to neglect those passages of Scripture that strike us as problematic. Rather, we should be aware that the correct interpretation of these passages requires a degree of expertise” (VD 42). In thesesessions we will explore some of these passages, especially those in which theportrayal of God seems problematic, and try to uncover their meaning for today.

Tony is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. He is an experienced teacher of Scripture, and has a PhD in Biblical Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, where he also taught.