Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels

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Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies In The Gospels

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I particularly enjoyed his egalitarian insights on men and women as partners in marriage and leadership of the church. In this section, he interspersed deft analysis with personal anecdotes of his experiences working among Mediterranean people. His perspectives on the commands for silence, and what that command did in fact mean were both intelligent, and easy to pass on to others as I teach this passage.

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In books such as The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasantsand Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, Bailey explains what Christians miss out on when they don’t “participate in the culture of those who first heard the gospel. Writing of Jesus’ birth, Bailey notes that many Westerns have supposed that Mary and Joseph were turned away from an “inn.” But the word in Luke 2:7 is katavluma, that is, a guest room in a house, not a commercial inn. For the latter the word would have been pandocei'on. “Jesus was placed in a manger (in the family room) because in that home the guest room was already full” (p. 32). Bailey adds that many have erroneously supposed Jesus was born in a cave or a stable, a tradition that started with Justin Martyr (p. 34). Like the shepherds, who came to see the baby Jesus, He was poor, lonely, and rejected. “Jesus was born in a simple, two-room village home such as the Middle East has known for at least three thousand years” (p. 36). Bailey shared an insight from Bishop Kenneth Cragg, a scholar who has written extensively on Arab Christiansand Islam. He compared gospel writers to a filmmaker who has to squeeze the death of John F. Kennedy into a documentary only an hour long. In other words, Joseph’s relatives welcome him and his betrothed for the final weeks of her pregnancy. The village midwife and women help Mary birth Jesus. “They don’t have a cradle, so they lay Jesus in the manger, which is clean, and put a blanket over him nice, warm, and tidy,” Bailey said. Surprise! Shepherds welcomed

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A simple village home in the time of King David, up until the Second World War, in the Holy Land, had two rooms—one for guests, one for the family. The family room had an area, usually about four feet lower, for the family donkey, the family cow, and two or three sheep. They are brought in last thing at night and taken out and tied up in the courtyard first thing in the morning. Enter Kenneth Bailey's new book "Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians." Over the past forty years or so as Bailey has worked through this text, he says "at critical points in the text, I have asked, 'How did Middle Eastern Christians across the centuries understand this text?'" Bailey sets out to answer this question throughout his examination of 1 Corinthians. He has three basic concerns in his approach to 1 Corinthians: 1) Paul, a Middle Eastern Jewish Christian, uses rhetorical styles that were available to him in the writings of the Hebrew prophets; 2) Middle Eastern life and literature is of assistance in recovering and bringing to life Paul's metaphors and parables; and 3) he examines 23 representative samples of the long heritage of Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew translations of 1 Corinthians. (19) This book is amazing! Bailey lived for 60 years in the Middle East, and has literally lived through the Bible story. The book begins with a stunning study, which presents a convincing case that Jesus was actually born in a house (since many poor, Middle Eastern homes actually have mangers in the house!). I won't give away the rest of his argument, but I did want to share another tid-bit that lept out at me. Also, PtME's historical scholarship is often outdated or out of touch. Bailey warns at the beginning that his scholarly focus is not Pauline literature. He appeals to older commentaries and older historical works. The result is that some of the same old misunderstandings continue to be propagated.

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the

What is your reaction to Ken Bailey’s take on the Christmas story? Which changes might you like to make in your congregation’s Advent or Christmas services? Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey's work in Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, in my estimation is unprecedented in its nature. What do I mean by this? As one who is an amateur in historical Jesus studies (researching for close to two years now), I have found this book to be the clearest, yet most exhaustive work in understanding Jesus through the eyes of a first century Jew. Bailey avoids any kind of jargon, thus using exemplary brevity and writes with a clear and understandable literary prose. On top of this, to make sure the reader understands what is being discussed, he often uses first hand stories that bring to life the teaching or action of Jesus he is working to expound upon.1 Open Hearts in Bethlehem: A Christmas Musical Dramawas written byKenneth E. Bailey, with songs by David M. Bailey. Read excerpts from the introduction and chapter on Jesus’ birthof Bailey’s newest book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-18 15:08:25 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40330814 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier After undergraduate and seminary studies, Dr. Bailey completed degrees in Arabic Language and Literature, Systematic Theology and a doctorate in New Testament. Ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA), Dr. Bailey spent 40 years (1955-1995) living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. The gospel authors used written sourcesand stories that had been passed on orally, just as a biographer today might draw on books, unpublished letters, and interviews with a subject’s relatives and friends.



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