Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine Summary
Overview of Short Stories by Jesus
Renowned scholar Amy-Jill Levine strips away centuries of misinterpretation from Jesus's parables, revealing their radical Jewish context. What if these "simple stories" aren't what you think? Praised by religious leaders for correcting anti-Semitic readings, this perspective-shifting work transforms how we understand faith's foundations.
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著者の声を通じて本を感じる
知識を魅力的で例が豊富な洞察に変換
キーアイデアを瞬時にキャプチャして素早く学習
楽しく魅力的な方法で本を楽しむ
重要なポイント
The Stories We've Tamed But Shouldn't Have
A Jewish rabbi stands before his followers and tells them a story about a father with two sons. Everyone leans in, expecting the familiar biblical pattern where the younger son triumphs. Instead, they get a tale about a reckless kid who blows his inheritance on wine and women, crawls home in shame, and gets thrown a party-while his responsible older brother fumes outside. No neat moral. No comfortable ending. Just a question hanging in the air: What would you do? For two millennia, we've been answering that question wrong. We've turned Jesus's parables into Sunday school lessons with tidy morals, stripping away their original power to provoke and disturb. These weren't bedtime stories meant to comfort; they were narrative grenades designed to explode our assumptions about God, neighbor, and self. The problem isn't just that we've misunderstood them-it's that we've domesticated them into something safe and predictable, like declawing a tiger and calling it a housecat. Parables have always been designed to provoke rather than pacify. In the Hebrew Bible, Jotham tells a story about trees seeking a king, where only the worthless bramble accepts-a direct challenge to political ambition. Nathan's parable about a stolen lamb leads King David to unwittingly condemn himself. These stories forced listeners into corners, demanding they examine their own hearts and choices. To hear these parables as Jesus's first audience did requires understanding their Jewish context, recognizing their scriptural echoes, and embracing the discomfort they're meant to create.
Why We Keep Missing the Point and Distorting Judaism
The Prodigal Father, Two Lost Sons, and the Samaritan Enemy
When Enemies Become Saviors and Saints Meet Sinners
Leaven, Pearls, and Mustard Seeds-Kingdom Images That Unsettle
The Scandalous Economics of Grace and Justice
Reclaiming the Disturbing Power of Jesus's Stories
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