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Preaching Magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers
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.
Author: Kenneth E. Bailey
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 06/03/2005
Pages: 151
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.99w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9780830832811
ISBN10: 0830832815
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Commentary | New Testament | General
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies | History & Culture
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