Jesus through Middle Eastern eyes

Description:

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: Biography,  HISTORY / Middle East,  Bible,  Criticism, interpretation,  RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts,  RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture,  Sociological aspects,  Parables,  Beatitudes,  Christianity and culture,  History,  Biblical Sociology,  Lord's prayer,  Jesus christ, history of doctrines,  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. gospels,  Jesus christ, biography,  Jesus christ,  Bt299.3 .b35 2008,  232.9 b

People: Jesus Christ