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Jacob & the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel's Story »

Authors: Kenneth Bailey
ISBN-13: 9780830827275, ISBN-10: 0830827277
Format: Paperback
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Kenneth Bailey

Book Synopsis

Israel, the community to which Jesus belonged, took its name from their patriarch Jacob. His story of exile and return was their story as well. In the well-known tale of the prodigal son, Jesus reshaped this story in his own way and for his own purposes. In this comparative study of the Old Testament saga and the New Testament parable, Kenneth Bailey unpacks similarities freighted with theological significance and differences that often reveal Jesus' purposes equally. Here Bailey offers a fresh view of how Jesus interpreted Israel's past, his present and their future.

	Figures	11
	Preface	13
I	Introduction: What Does It Mean to Call Jesus a Theologian?
1	Jesus as a Metaphorical Theologian and the Rabbinic World	21
2	The Jesus Tradition and the Question of Authenticity	27
3	The Importance of Middle Eastern Culture for New Testament Interpretation	36
4	The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the "Travel Narrative" in Luke	45
5	The One and the Many in Parabolic Interpretation	50
II	The Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 Compared with the Saga of Jacob in Genesis 27-35: The Setting In Luke 15
6	Three Stories, One Parable: Seeing the Three Stories of Luke 15 as a Unity	57
7	The Parable of the Lost Sheep: The First Warm-up Story (Lk 15:3-7)	65
8	The Lost Coin: And Also Some Women (Lk 15:8-10)	86
9	To Find the Lost: The Parable of the Two Lost Sons (Lk 15:11-32)	95
III	The Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 Compared with the Saga of Jacob in Genesis 27-35: The Saga and the Parable: Comparisons and Contrasts
10	Jacob Revisited: The Jacob Story in Early Jewish Tradition and in the Mind of Jesus	121
11	The Great Rebellion: The Family Before the Prodigal Leaves Home (Lk 15:11-13)	136
12	The Exile: The Prodigal in the Far Country (Lk 15:13-19)	156
13	Peace for the One Who Is Far Off: The Father Finds the Prodigal (Lk 15:20-24)	164
14	Peace for the One Who Is Near: The Father's Search for the Older Son (Lk 15:25-32)	177
15	Two Dancers in a Single Dance: Reflections on N. T. Wright's Interpretation of the Parable of the Prodigal Son	195
IV	Significance of This Study for an Understanding of Jesus' Theology
16	A Summary of the Significance of the Comparisons Between Jacob and the Prodigal for Aspects of Jesus' Theology	205
	Conclusions	212
	App.: Index of the Various Types of Contrasts and Comparisons	216
	Bibliography	219
	Index of Authors	225

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