Short Stories by Jesus Participant Guide

2018-05-15 Religion

Author : Amy-Jill Levine
Release : 2018-05-15
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 173/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Short Stories by Jesus Participant Guide by : Amy-Jill Levine

Download or read book Short Stories by Jesus Participant Guide written by Amy-Jill Levine. This book was released on 2018-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this Bible study based on her Short Stories by Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine analyzes these "problems with parables" taking readers back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later. This participant guide provides an introduction to the main text as well as further Scripture commentary and reflection questions.

Short Stories by Jesus

2014-09-09 Religion

Author : Amy-Jill Levine
Release : 2014-09-09
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Short Stories by Jesus by : Amy-Jill Levine

Download or read book Short Stories by Jesus written by Amy-Jill Levine. This book was released on 2014-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers. Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking readers back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.

Short Stories by Jesus Participant Guide

2018-05-15 Religion

Author : Amy-Jill Levine
Release : 2018-05-15
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 161/5 ( reviews)

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The Story of Jesus Bible Study Participant's Guide

2013-07-31 Religion

Author : Randy Frazee
Release : 2013-07-31
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 704/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Story of Jesus Bible Study Participant's Guide by : Randy Frazee

Download or read book The Story of Jesus Bible Study Participant's Guide written by Randy Frazee. This book was released on 2013-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Jesus small group video Bible study is a seven-week exploration into the life and ministry of Jesus that is adapted from the original The Story Adult Curriculum. Pulled straight from the pages of the Bible, this study provides individuals and groups of all sizes the opportunity to learn, discuss, and apply Jesus’ life, work, and teaching to their everyday lives. Pastor and author Randy Frazee presents seven ten-minute teachings on how the story of Jesus intersects with the story of our modern day lives. To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God's story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that fits all the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural. The Story of Jesus Participant’s Guide includes DVD teaching notes, discussion questions, between session personal experiences, and also includes seven chapters of the full text of The Story hardcover book as it relates to Jesus, from his birth to the beginning of the church. Sessions include: The Birth of the King Jesus' Ministry Begins No Ordinary Man Jesus, the Son of God The Hour of Darkness The Resurrection New Beginnings Designed for use with The Story of Jesus Video Study (sold separately).

The Difficult Words of Jesus

2022-10-31 Religion

Author : Amy-Jill Levine
Release : 2022-10-31
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 755/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Difficult Words of Jesus written by Amy-Jill Levine. This book was released on 2022-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as telling parables and stories, giving teachings on how to discern questions of ethics and human nature, and offering beatitudes for comfort and encouragement, Jesus also spoke words and flung insults that followers then and now have found difficult, to say the least. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), warns that unending fire awaits some people, says body parts should be cut off if they offend. He calls a foreign woman a ‘dog’, the Jews ‘offspring of vipers’ and his closest disciple ‘Satan’. Preachers often gloss over these or avoid them altogether as they are still so shocking. In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine sheds vital light on understanding these by exploring how these sayings sounded to those who first heard them. She reveals Jewish modes of expression, humour and the long tradition of Jewish insults and what they mean, and how we might interpret these sayings today within a gospel of love and reconciliation.

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