{"product_id":"the-cross-the-prodigal-luke-15-through-the-eyes-of-middle-eastern-peasants-paperback","title":"The Cross \u0026 the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth E. Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreaching\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Prodigal, \u003c\/i\u003e Kenneth E. Bailey--New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middle East--undertakes to answer this question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 \u003ci\u003eChristian\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth E. Bailey (1930-2016) was an acclaimed author and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served as Canon Theologian of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. The author of more than 150 articles in English and in Arabic, his writings include \u003ci\u003eJesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpen Hearts in Bethlehem: A Christmas Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Prodigal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBailey spent forty years living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. For twenty of those years he was professor of New Testament and head of the Biblical Department of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut where he also founded and directed the Institute for Middle Eastern New Testament Studies. Bailey was also on the faculty of The Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research in Jerusalem.Traveling around the globe to lecture and teach, Bailey spoke in theological colleges and seminaries in England (Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol) Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Finland, Latvia, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, and Jerusalem. He was active as a Bible teacher for conferences and continuing education events in the Middle East, Europe, and North America, and he taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Fuller Seminary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 151\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362757034233,"sku":"9780830832811","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NEVn6rLVLP9780830832811.webp?v=1781519424","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-cross-the-prodigal-luke-15-through-the-eyes-of-middle-eastern-peasants-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}