Jesus through Middle Eastern eyes
cultural studies in the Gospels
About this book
Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads readers on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout 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. Through it all, Bailey 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 within his own cultural context. With a sure but gentle hand, Bailey lifts away the obscuring layers of modern Western interpretation to reveal Jesus in the light of his actual historical and cultural setting. -- from back cover.
Subjects
- 232.9 b
- beatitudes
- bible
- bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. gospels
- biblical sociology
- biography
- bt299.3 .b35 2008
- christianity and culture
- criticism, interpretation
- history
- history / middle east
- jesus christ
- jesus christ, biography
- jesus christ, history of doctrines
- lord's prayer
- parables
- religion / biblical studies / history & culture
- religion / biblical studies / jesus, the gospels & acts
- sociological aspects