The Scandal of the Gospels

The Scandal of the Gospels
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9780195084283
ISBN-13 : 0195084284
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Book Synopsis The Scandal of the Gospels by : David McCracken

Download or read book The Scandal of the Gospels written by David McCracken and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offense." The Jesus of the gospels is a scandal (skandalon, in the original Greek) and he is never more scandalous than when he is speaking in parables. Interpreters of the gospels over the centuries have consistently labored to domesticate the offense or to eliminate it entirely. David McCracken, focusing on parables, Matthew's narrative contexts, and the gospel of John, seeks to recover the gospels' sense of Jesus as skandalon. To this end, he enlists the help of Kierkegaard, the philosopher of offense, and to a lesser extent that of Bakhtin, both of whom prove to be surprisingly apt conversation partners for the evangelists.


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