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Tag: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels

  • Was the Good Samaritan a Historical Figure

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    The following passage comes from Kenneth E. Bailey's Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels. Bailey lived more than sixty years in the Middle East and has made Middle Eastern culture, as it relates to the Bible, the focus of his study. Bailey contends that the Rabbis of Jesus' day were steeped…

  • Jesus as a Metaphorical Theologian (Kenneth Bailey)

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    I recently finished listening to Kenneth Bailey’s lecture series Jesus Interprets His Own Cross. In the opening lecture, he comments about Jesus as a metaphorical theologian. Here is a transcription of some of his remarks. (I’m looking forward to his new book Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.) Now to understand…

  • Bummed About Bailey Book

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    Five months ago, I learned Kenneth Bailey had a new book called Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels. I wrote then that I thought announcing such a book was cruel and inhumane and then made me wait five months. As the weeks rolled by, the release date was finally set for…

  • New Kenneth E. Bailey Book Coming

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    I was searching at Amazon.com when I came across this: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey. "Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's…