Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels (Paperback)
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Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels (Paperback)

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Published: 21/03/2008
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"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.

Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281059751
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 682 g
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 32 mm


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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 *

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“Eye Opening, Engaging and Interesting”

Kenneth Bailey is clearly a scholar and there is a certain level of academic content in here but it is readable for those of us who don't have a theology background. It challenges many of the western... More

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“Fresh air from the Middle East”

A brilliant book that every preacher, at least, should have. It opens a whole new vista on many of the stories of the New Testament and confirms some of the stories perpetuated in churches as simply not so as so often... More

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