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Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Kenneth Bailey
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Description for Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Paperback. Examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women and Jesus' parables. This book reveals Jesus in the light of his historical and cultural setting. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
If ever it seems like the Jesus of the Bible and the Jesus of popular culture aren't the same person, this book is for you. 'Bailey has a gift of clear, lively expression; he takes advantage of his personal experiences, interest in Hebrew poetic structure, and knowledge of Arabic to bring insights into NT interpretation.' RUTH B. EDWARDS, JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads us on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus in the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women and especially Jesus' parables. Throughout the author employs his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture to lead us into a deeper understanding of the person and significance of Jesus, lifting away the obscuring layers of modern Western interpretation to reveal Jesus in the light of his actual historical and cultural setting. This entirely new material from the pen of Ken Bailey is a must-have for any student of the New Testament. If you have benefited from Bailey's work over the years, this book will be a welcome and indispensable addition to your library. If you are unfamiliar with Bailey's work, this book will introduce you to a very old yet entirely new way of understanding Jesus.
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281059751
SKU
V9780281059751
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About Kenneth Bailey
Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) was an acclaimed author and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served as Canon Theologian of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. Bailey spent forty years living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. For twenty of those years he was professor of New Testament and head of the Biblical Department of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut where he also founded and directed the Institute for Middle Eastern New Testament Studies. Bailey was also on the faculty of The Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research in Jerusalem. Traveling around the globe to lecture and teach, Bailey spoke in theological colleges and seminaries in England (Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol) Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Finland, Latvia, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, and Jerusalem. He was active as a Bible teacher for conferences and continuing education events in the Middle East, Europe, and North America, and he taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Fuller Seminary. His many books, in Arabic and English, include Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes and The Good Shepherd (SPCK, 2011 & 2015 respectively).
Reviews for Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Bailey has a gift of clear, lively expression; he takes advantage of his personal experiences, interest in Hebrew poetic structure, and knowledge of Arabic to bring insights into NT interpretation.
Ruth B. Edwards
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
A brilliant addition to Bailey's other works in which he sheds light on the biblical text from Middle Eastern culture.
Roy B. Zuck
Bibliotheca Sacra
The work will yield a rich harvest of information, pastoral support, and insight for all who read it.
Susan K. Hedahl
Currents in Theology & Mission
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes is Bailey's most recent call to Western Christians who need to time-travel to the Middle East. On page after page, he identifies themes and reflexes assumed in the gospels that slip right past us. Stories like the Parable of the Woman and the Judge are given interpretations that should contribute to every commentary writer. And fourteen more parables are made alive again, each in its original context.
Gary M. Burge
Books & Culture
The great strength of this work is the author's familiarity with Middle Eastern culture. He succeeds in shedding new light on well known Gospel stories from a cultural perspective. Another valuable contribution of this book is the introduction to, and interaction with, great Eastern commentaries long forgotten or largely unknown to Western Biblical Scholarship. A very readable book and will be profitable to various levels of readers. Anyone interested in understanding the New Testament from its own distinctive Middle Eastern cultural perspective ought to read this book.
Mark Jason
Themelios
Ruth B. Edwards
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
A brilliant addition to Bailey's other works in which he sheds light on the biblical text from Middle Eastern culture.
Roy B. Zuck
Bibliotheca Sacra
The work will yield a rich harvest of information, pastoral support, and insight for all who read it.
Susan K. Hedahl
Currents in Theology & Mission
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes is Bailey's most recent call to Western Christians who need to time-travel to the Middle East. On page after page, he identifies themes and reflexes assumed in the gospels that slip right past us. Stories like the Parable of the Woman and the Judge are given interpretations that should contribute to every commentary writer. And fourteen more parables are made alive again, each in its original context.
Gary M. Burge
Books & Culture
The great strength of this work is the author's familiarity with Middle Eastern culture. He succeeds in shedding new light on well known Gospel stories from a cultural perspective. Another valuable contribution of this book is the introduction to, and interaction with, great Eastern commentaries long forgotten or largely unknown to Western Biblical Scholarship. A very readable book and will be profitable to various levels of readers. Anyone interested in understanding the New Testament from its own distinctive Middle Eastern cultural perspective ought to read this book.
Mark Jason
Themelios