Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi - Couverture souple

Levine, Amy-Jill

 
9780061561030: Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0061561037 ISBN 13 : 9780061561030
Editeur : HarperOne, 2015

Synopsis

The renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers.

Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.

In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking readers back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.

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À propos de l?auteur

AMY-JILL LEVINE is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Department of Jewish Studies. She has also taught at Swarthmore College, Cambridge University, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. She is the author of many books, including The Misunderstood Jew and Short Stories by Jesus, and she is the co-editor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. 

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Have We Domesticated Jesus's Radical and Provocative Parables?

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Éditeur
HarperOne
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0061561037
ISBN 13 
9780061561030
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers
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