The scandal of the Gospels : Jesus, story, and offense / David McCracken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCracken, David, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices--Biblical teaching.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. Gospels.

Bible.

Narration in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Other Title:

Jesus, story, and offense.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study argues that the gospels are in an important sense "occasions for offence", and that the Jesus of the gospels is a scandal ("skandalon" in the original Greek) and never more scandalous than when he speaks in parables. It seeks to recover the gospels' narrative sense of Jesus as skandalon.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction: The Offense and Us; 2. Biblical Offense at Work: Defilement and Blindness; 3. The Offensiveness of Offense; 4. Offense or Faith: The Kierkegaardian Choice; 5. Parabolic Lies, Parabolic Truth; 6. Training the Scribes of the Kingdom; 7. The Offensive and Inoffensive Jesus; 8. Life in the Between: Nathan and the Good Samaritan; 9. Plot and Story in John; Notes; Works Cited; Appendix: Selected Greek Words Relevant to Offense and Their Appearances in the New Testament; Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p183-191. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774108-8

1-280-52696-3

0-19-535921-6

1-4294-0568-6

OCLC:

476015228