Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPublisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802835284
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPaul Through Mediterranean Eyes
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPublisher: 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.
The Good Shepherd
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPublisher: 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.
Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyThe Cross and the Prodigal
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830832811
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Kenneth E. Bailey draws on his expertise in both the New Testament and Middle Eastern culture to interpret the parable of the prodigal son from a Middle Eastern perspective. When we approach it with the correct cultural lens, Bailey argues, the parable's true Christological character is revealed.
Author: Kenneth E. BaileySong of the Shank
Author: Jeffery Renard AllenPublisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555970923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
A contemporary American masterpiece about music, race, an unforgettable man, and an unreal America during the Civil War era At the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. Song of the Shank opens in 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere—inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots—who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother. As the novel ranges from Tom's boyhood to the heights of his performing career, the inscrutable savant is buffeted by opportunistic teachers and crooked managers, crackpot healers and militant prophets. In his symphonic novel, Jeffery Renard Allen blends history and fantastical invention to bring to life a radical cipher, a man who profoundly changes all who encounter him.
Finding the Lost
Author: Kenneth E. BaileyPublisher:
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.
