The Cross & the Prodigal

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830868070
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157

Book Description
Drawing on his extensive knowledge of both the New Testament and Middle Eastern culture, Kenneth E. Bailey presents an interpretation of the parable of the prodigal son from a Middle Eastern perspective and, in doing so, powerfully demonstrates its essentially Christian message.

Through Peasant Eyes

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802835284
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description

Finding the Lost

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
This book explores the intended meaning, as well as the implications and applications, of the three parables in Luke 15 (The Good Shepherd and the Lost Sheep, The Good Woman and the Lost Coin, and The Good Father and His Two Lost Sons). It reflects the author's immersion in the language, religion, and culture of the Middle East, demonstrating how meaningful the biblical text becomes when a broad background of study and analysis is permitted to illuminate the text. Western readers will gain an array of new insights from this volume and will be fascinated by the author's nuances of interpretation. The author's analysis shows how the cultural background of Arabic and Muslim theology affects the interpretation of these parables.

Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802819475
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 452

Book Description
Methodology - Analysis of four parables - Exegesis of Luke.

Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830869328
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 561

Book Description
In this groundbreaking study of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, Kenneth Bailey examines the canonical letter through Paul's Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and through the Mediterranean context of its Corinthian recipients.

Jacob & the Prodigal

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830868852
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Drawing on a lifetime of study in both Middle Eastern culture and the Gospels, Kenneth E. Bailey compares the Old Testament saga of Jacob and the New Testament parable of the prodigal son, offering a fresh view of how Jesus interpreted Israel's past, his present, and their future.

The Good Shepherd

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830896988
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
Kenneth Bailey, with his celebrated insights into Middle Eastern culture, traces the theme of the good shepherd from its origins in Psalm 23 through the prophets and into the New Testament, observing how it changed, developed and was applied by the biblical writers over a thousand-year span.

The Parables

Author: Brad H. Young
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 0801048206
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Young focuses on the historical development and theological significance of parables in the Jewish and Christian traditions, examining parallels between the rabbinic and Gospel parables.

The Prodigal God

Author: Timothy Keller
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144063789X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the prodigal son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Open Hearts in Bethlehem

Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830837574
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Here is an exciting Christmas drama informed by Kenneth Bailey's career as a renowned biblical scholar and by his years of living in the Middle East. The drama (featuring 30 minutes without music or 50 minutes with music) is biblically accurate, heartwarming and perfectly suited for church performance.