The Scandal of the Gospels: Jesus, Story, and OffenseOxford University Press, 06/01/1994 - 216 من الصفحات 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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Offense in Gospel Narratives | 69 |
Notes | 171 |
Works Cited | 183 |
Selected Greek Words Relevant to Offense and Their Appearances in the New Testament | 193 |
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action aesthetic answer Anti-Climacus argues Bakhtin become believe Beloved Disciple biblical blind brother calls Canaanite Canaanite woman cause Christ Christianity church Climacus collision Concluding Unscientific Postscript context crowd David denarius desire dialogic divine dramatic encounter ephod essential offense eternal eucharist existence explain faith fense flesh forgive Gentile God-man Greek hear hearer Hebrew Bible hidden human idols individual inoffensive Israelites Jesus says Jews Johannes John John's Kierkegaard Kierkegaardian king kingdom of heaven lawyer listen literally live Logos Lord Luke Matt Matthew 13 meaning metaphor Mynster NRSV parable paradox passage Paul Paul's person Peter Pharisees Philosophical Fragments possibility of offense pseudonymous question reader religious Samaritan scandal scribe sense Sickness unto Death skan skandala skandalizō skandalon slave snare Søren Kierkegaard speaks story stumbling block synoptic Gospels Taciturnus teaching tells temple tax Testament things tion transformation translated trap truth understanding word Yahweh