The scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, story, and offense

This study argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offence", and that the Jesus of the gospels is a scandal ("skandalon" in the original Greek) and never more scandalous than when he speaks in parables. It seeks to recover the gospels' narrative sens...

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Subtitles:Jesus, story, and offense
Main Author: McCracken, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford University Press 1994
In:Year: 1994
Reviews:McCRACKEN, D., The Scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, Story and Offense (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp. xii + 204. N.p. ISBN 0-19-508428-4 (1996)
[Rezension von: McCRACKEN, DAVID, The Scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, Story, and Offense] (1995) (Burnett, Fred W.)
Further subjects:B Narration in the Bible
B Jesus Christ Person and offices Biblical teaching
B Bible ; N.T ; Gospels ; Criticism, Narrative
B Kierkegaard, Søren ; 1813-1855
B Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855)
B Electronic books
B Jesus Christ ; Person and offices ; Biblical teaching
B Bible. N.T. Gospels Criticism, Narrative
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Summary:This study argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offence", and that the Jesus of the gospels is a scandal ("skandalon" in the original Greek) and never more scandalous than when he speaks in parables. It seeks to recover the gospels' narrative sense of Jesus as skandalon
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index
ISBN:0195084284