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| The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants | 
| Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 24766
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Rev Exp
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 151
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0830832815
Dewey Decimal Number: 226.806
EAN: 9780830832811
ASIN: 0830832815
Publication Date: July 2005
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Honored in 2006 as a "Year's Best Book for Preachers" by Preaching magazine.Where is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son?For centuries, Muslims have called attention to the father's forgiveness in this parable in order to question the need for a Mediator between humanity and God. In The Cross and the Prodigal, Kenneth E. Bailey--New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middle East--undertakes to answer this question.Drawing on his extensive knowledge of both the New Testament and Middle Eastern culture, Bailey presents an interpretation of this parable from a Middle Eastern perspective and, in doing so, powerfully demonstrates its essentially Christian message. Here Bailey highlights the underlying tensions between law and love, servanthood and sonship, honor and forgiveness that grant this story such timeless spiritual and theological power.
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Beautiful, Cross-Cultural, Eye-opening September 27, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
One of Jesus' most astonishing stories, a story that has resonated down through the ages, is commonly known in English as The Prodigal Son. In this book, Kenneth Bailey retells this familiar story through the eyes of Middle Eastern peasants.
Bailey is a longtime missionary, a man who has spent his life among the peasants of the Middle East. Bailey really knows village life. And that makes all the difference in understanding Jesus' story.
But this book is much more than another commentary. Bailey (along with IVP) has made a beautiful book. There are several plates decorated with Arab calligraphy, and half the book is a four-scene drama - a retelling of the story in a small village, complete with the score to one of the characters' songs. This is an exemplary work, engaging heart and mind at once.
meticulous and eye opening July 8, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ken Bailey is the best New Testament scholar around today because he brings deep insight and experience from the Middle Eastern culture combined with attention to form criticism. The result is an eye opening and inspiring work on the Prodigal. You will not be disappointed in this book or any of his work.
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