Jesus As Man Myth And Metaphor

Author : Benjamin W. Farley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556354779

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Jesus as Man, Myth, and Metaphor by Benjamin W. Farley Pdf

Current New Testament scholarship has done much to advance knowledge of Jesus's authentic words and message. The works of Crossan, Borg, Vermes, Mack, and many others attest to this movement. In this process, however, the Christ of the Gospels, or the so-called Christ of faith, has been caught in the crosshairs, forcing Christianity to reflect anew on the church's interpretation of his life and place in history. Has the church's dogma overreached the facts of Jesus's life? Farley's book addresses these issues and offers a feasible and illuminating context within which to reexamine Jesus's life and significance for modern humankind. His book probes the boundaries of Jesus as a historical person (as a man), as a figure of mythical proportions, and as a metaphor for today's Christian sense of wholeness. Along the way, Farley incorporates the insights of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Paul Tillich to demonstrate the ways that psychology, mythology, and symbolism contribute to an appreciation of Jesus that moves beyond the debate of Jesus's historical status alone.

Author : Benjamin W. Farley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498275873

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Jesus as Man, Myth, and Metaphor by Benjamin W. Farley Pdf

Current New Testament scholarship has done much to advance knowledge of Jesus's authentic words and message. The works of Crossan, Borg, Vermes, Mack, and many others attest to this movement. In this process, however, the Christ of the Gospels, or the so-called Christ of faith, has been caught in the crosshairs, forcing Christianity to reflect anew on the church's interpretation of his life and place in history. Has the church's dogma overreached the "facts" of Jesus's life? Farley's book addresses these issues and offers a feasible and illuminating context within which to reexamine Jesus's life and significance for modern humankind. His book probes the boundaries of Jesus as a historical person (as a man), as a figure of mythical proportions, and as a metaphor for today's Christian sense of wholeness. Along the way, Farley incorporates the insights of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Paul Tillich to demonstrate the ways that psychology, mythology, and symbolism contribute to an appreciation of Jesus that moves beyond the debate of Jesus's historical status alone.

Author : Edward V. Tuttle
Publisher : Pathways of Lights
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0971648433

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Sacred Stories Sacred Dreams Bible Myth and Metaphor by Edward V. Tuttle Pdf

The Christ story as you have never read it before---up close and personal, insightful and thought-provoking. With a focus on the symbolic language of the stories, the mythic dimensions, Sacred Stories Sacred Dreams; Bible Myth and Metaphor takes you on a journey in consciousness from Adam to Christ and ultimately to the realization that it is---your story

Author : Peter D. Snow
Publisher : Peter Snow
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Jesus Christ
ISBN : 1935359495

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Jesus Man, Not Myth by Peter D. Snow Pdf

Narrated by John, the Beloved Disciple, this story of Jesus' life is told by imagining His interactions with the people of the Gospel story and their reactions to their life-changing encounters with Him.

Author : Benjamin W. Farley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621897637

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Fairest Lord Jesus by Benjamin W. Farley Pdf

The Gospels portray Jesus as one who often sought solitude, whether for himself or in quietude before his Father. To do so he had to withdraw from both his disciples and others. Such moments enabled him to renew his inner strength, to find God's consolation for himself, as well as to imbue him with insight and courage for the inimitable journey that God had selected him to travel. We too need those same personal moments with God, those quiet occasions for withdrawal and reflection. If you have ever hungered for such, Fairest Lord Jesus, filled with simple, direct, and uncomplicated meditations, will speak to you. Within its pages, you will journey with Jesus across the Gospels to his Cross, hear his voice of solace and commission, while resting with him in village after village as he pauses to mend the hearts of the contrite and the lonely and heal the broken, dispirited, and ill; and, finally, on that Morning of mornings, stand with him in that Sacred Garden of the soul, where he fills all hearts with the joy of his presence and his eternal love. In addition, enriching the collection are numerous vignettes, drawn from Farley's years of teaching philosophy and religion courses, along with poignant stories of the passage of time.

Author : Herbert Cutner
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1585090727

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Jesus : God, Man, Or Myth? by Herbert Cutner Pdf

Did pagan mythologies represent Christs miracles in order to convince them to accept the Christian faith? Beyond these miracles is there enough evidence to prove there was a Jesus? Cutner says no. He also says that the Apostle Paul never portrayed Jesus as a man, but as a spiritual being. To Paul, Christ is found in a spiritual sense within oneself, as opposed to being an actual historical personage. When the Church accepted Paul, this inner reflection was outwardly projected by the Church into an actual mana saviour, according to Cutner. This might be why Paul was almost rejected by the Churchhis views posed a danger to those who might rely on their own spiritual knowledge, rather than the authority of the Church. Whether Jesus lived or not, we still have a lot to learn about ourselves and our true place in the universe. This book, although critical, may be useful in that respect.

Author : Calvin J. Roetzel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567229380

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Paul: The Man and the Myth by Calvin J. Roetzel Pdf

Winner of 'New Testament Book of the Year, Biblical Archaeology Society 1999' A masterly new evaluation of Paul: the man, his work and his world. Professor Roetzel breaks new ground in exploring some aspects of Paul which have remained shadowy: his sexual asceticism, his preoccupation with holiness - Holy Spirit, holy community and holy ethos - the evolution of his theology, and his emergence as a legendary figure. Roetzel also furthers our understanding of the culture, the social world and the political realities of Paul's time.

Author : Michael J. Alter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725252752

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A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus’s Resurrection by Michael J. Alter Pdf

The keystone of Christianity is Jesus's physical, bodily resurrection. Present-day scholars can be significantly challenged as they forage through voluminous documents on the resurrection of Jesus. The literature measures well over seven thousand sources in English-language books alone. This makes finding specific sources that are most relevant for specific scholarly purposes an arduous task. Even when a specific book is relevant, finding the parts of the book that are most relevant to the resurrection rather than other topics often requires additional effort. A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus's Resurrection addresses these challenges in several ways. First, the bibliography organizes more than seven thousand English sources into twelve main categories and then thirty-four subcategories, which are designed to help you find the most relevant literature quickly and efficiently. Embedded are pro and con arguments which support efficient access through brief annotations and then annotate the diversity and complexity of the field of religion by including sources that represent a diverse range of views: theistic (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.), agnostic, and nontheistic. The objective of this bibliography is to provide convenient access to relevant sources from a variety of perspectives, allowing you to browse or find the one source accurately and with ease.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255035

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The Metaphor of God Incarnate by John Hick Pdf

Author : Rice Broocks
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718005931

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Man, Myth, Messiah by Rice Broocks Pdf

Did Jesus Really Exist? The search for the historical Jesus continues to be headline news. Any speculative theory seems to get instant attention as the debate rages about His real identity and the claims made in His name. Did Jesus really exist? Is there real historical evidence that demonstrates that He lived and actually said and did the things the Gospels record? Is there any validity to the speculative claims that the Jesus story was a myth, borrowed from a variety of pagan cultures of the ancient world? In this follow-up to the book God’s Not Dead (that inspired the movie), Man, Myth, Messiah looks at the evidence for the historical Jesus and exposes the notions of skeptics that Jesus was a contrived figure of ancient mythology. It also looks at the reliability of the Gospel records as well as the evidence for the resurrection that validates His identity as the promised Messiah. Man, Myth, Messiah will be released concurrent to the God’s Not Dead movie sequel, which will cover the same theme.

Author : Susan Haskins
Publisher : Random House
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446499429

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Mary Magdalen by Susan Haskins Pdf

A dramatic, thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen and her significance in religious and cultural thought.

Author : Harold Netland
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083081552X

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Encountering Religious Pluralism by Harold Netland Pdf

Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.

Author : James P. Mackey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1859310257

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Jesus by James P. Mackey Pdf

Author : Rebecca Lea McCarthy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786455805

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Origins of the Magdalene Laundries by Rebecca Lea McCarthy Pdf

The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly in Ireland. Examining the laundries within the context of a growing world capitalist economy, the work argues that the process of colonization, and of defining a national image, determined the nature and longevity of the Magdalene Laundries. This process developed differently in Ireland, where the last laundry closed in 1996. The book focuses on the devolution of the significance of Mary Magdalene as a metaphor for the organization: from an affluent, strong supporter of Jesus to a simple, fallen woman.

Author : Carsten Meedom
Publisher : Lion Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780745957722

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Jesus, Man or Myth? by Carsten Meedom Pdf

Jesus Christ is one of the most revered and, at the same time, maligned figures in human history. What is the truth about him? Can we reliably know anything at all? In this clear and authoritative book, a leading historian and theologian faces head-on the difficult questions about the historical Jesus. He invites readers to lay aside any preconceived ideas that may have and to examine the evidence. They may be surprised at the findings.