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The Historical Jesus

John Dominic Crossan

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Description:Crossan, an adventurous New Testament interpreter, tellingly structures his book like a musical score. The music of its meaning comes only as the reader tries its parts--stories, critical quotes, speculative analysis, historical detail. Sources range from Kafka to Peter Beagle, Chesterton to Emily Dickinson, literary critics to biblical scholars, tho the writings of Borges & the sayings of Jesus hold center stage. Insights come madcap, wave on wave. Perhaps a rehearsal of dominant motifs says best what a linear summary could only distort. Our world is the playful creation of imagination & language is the basic game. Being--the whole story--is both shrouded & unveiled in the play of language, but words reveal most when they're knowingly at play, not speaking some solemn, final truth. What the myths create, parables destroy: the schemes of coherence that constitute religions & cultures & sustain ways of life are radically relativized by the mocking wisdom of paradoxes made into stories. In the interplay between best laid plans & reversed expectations (the 1st are last, the sinner a saint) some of the mystery is disclosed. For Crossan, Jesus & Borges are consummate parablers, geniuses at "comic eschatology"--standing traditions (of religion, of literature) on their heads & pointing Zen-style to a beyond only koans can say. Traditions domesticate & moralize, but parablers bring down the house with a joke that restores the fertility of chaos. God's story is finally comedy, tragedy exposed as an act. A rich, heady book; whether a symphony of revelations or just a cacophony of bright ideas depends largely on how you play it.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Historical Jesus. To get started finding The Historical Jesus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2010

ISBN: 0061978213

Description: Crossan, an adventurous New Testament interpreter, tellingly structures his book like a musical score. The music of its meaning comes only as the reader tries its parts--stories, critical quotes, speculative analysis, historical detail. Sources range from Kafka to Peter Beagle, Chesterton to Emily Dickinson, literary critics to biblical scholars, tho the writings of Borges & the sayings of Jesus hold center stage. Insights come madcap, wave on wave. Perhaps a rehearsal of dominant motifs says best what a linear summary could only distort. Our world is the playful creation of imagination & language is the basic game. Being--the whole story--is both shrouded & unveiled in the play of language, but words reveal most when they're knowingly at play, not speaking some solemn, final truth. What the myths create, parables destroy: the schemes of coherence that constitute religions & cultures & sustain ways of life are radically relativized by the mocking wisdom of paradoxes made into stories. In the interplay between best laid plans & reversed expectations (the 1st are last, the sinner a saint) some of the mystery is disclosed. For Crossan, Jesus & Borges are consummate parablers, geniuses at "comic eschatology"--standing traditions (of religion, of literature) on their heads & pointing Zen-style to a beyond only koans can say. Traditions domesticate & moralize, but parablers bring down the house with a joke that restores the fertility of chaos. God's story is finally comedy, tragedy exposed as an act. A rich, heady book; whether a symphony of revelations or just a cacophony of bright ideas depends largely on how you play it.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Historical Jesus. To get started finding The Historical Jesus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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