The Difficult Words of Jesus Video Content: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Abingdon PressISBN-13:9781791007614ISBN-10:1791007619UPC:9781791007614Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Education, Biblical StudiesBook Topic:Adult, New TestamentSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC5P9KQQ5M
Examine the most difficult teachings of Jesus with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine in this video Bible study experience! Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God's word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil's children (John 8:44). In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation. The six-session DVD features Dr. Amy-Jill Levine guiding participants through the study. The video sessions are approximately 10-12 minutes in length and, when combined with the six book chapters, make an ideal six-week group study. All videos sessions are closed captioned.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Abingdon PressISBN-13:9781791007614ISBN-10:1791007619UPC:9781791007614Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Education, Biblical StudiesBook Topic:Adult, New TestamentSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC5P9KQQ5M
Levine, Amy-Jill: - Amy-Jill Levine ("AJ") is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, and Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books including The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week, Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, and Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. She is also the coeditor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. AJ is the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute. In 2021 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. AJ describes herself as an unorthodox member of an Orthodox synagogue and a Yankee Jewish feminist who until 2021 taught New Testament in a Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt.
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