The Scandal of the Gospels : Jesus, Story, and Offense.

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 sens...

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Main Author: McCracken, David
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Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index. 
505 0 |a 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W. 
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