
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels (Paperback)
Kenneth Bailey (author)Published: 21/03/2008
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281059751
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 682 g
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
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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“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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