Bailey notes that, since Jesus allowed women to be His disciples, we would expect His message to include them. It’s only natural that some of His parables would feature imagery peculiar to their experiences, and significant women in history, alongside a similar mention of men. In Luke’s Gospel we find the following: 1. The Widow…
Tag: Hebrew mindset
JTMEE: Chapter 7
Here we begin another section of the book (four chapters), which is devoted to the Model Prayer, Matthew 6:5-9. Bailey testifies that he was one of the first Christian professors to teach in Latvia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the conference he encountered a woman who had grown up under communism, and…
A Different View of Christ
To me it looks like I’ve done these books in the right order. We are following the subject into deepening complexity. Our next book review is Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey (2008 InterVarsity Press, ISBN 13:9780830825684 paperback). Henceforth, I will abbreviate that to JTMEE. The author lived in the Middle East…
Misreading Scripture: Time 02
R/OB remind us how Matthew jumps from the birth of Jesus to some indeterminate time later when the Magi show up. The idea of the shepherds and Parthian wise men showing up all together makes for good Christmas pageants, but is a critical failure in historical accuracy. Joseph and Mary stayed in Bethlehem at least…
Misreading Scripture: Time 01
Most of us are aware of the common western notions about time. There’s a wealth of English figures of speech to indicate that time is treated as a precious commodity. It’s impossible to literally buy it, but our culture is wrapped around the wringer on trying to make the most of it, as if it…
Extra: Our Burden
It may seem pedantic and exhaustive to cover Pageau in such depth here. There are reasons. First, it is absolutely essential that we embrace the ancient Hebrew outlook. That is the one God Himself designed for people who seek peace with Him. It was the essence of everything Christ taught. You aren’t a Christian —…
Covering and Seeing
Pageau doesn’t say it clearly enough: Clothing is required by the Covenant because our fallen sensibilities cannot handle nudity without sin. Flaunting it is simply evil. If you’ve seen so much nudity that you are jaded, that is actually worse. We are supposed to be sensitive to it. If we cannot sense the urgency of…
Vast Chasm of Space-Time
My mission and calling is to bring people closer to God’s ways on this earth. A major part has always been shifting from our pagan cultural background to a more biblical perspective. Writers like Pageau, Heiser, and others we will review on this blog have added a strong background to help us move in the…
Absurdity and Purpose
We should keep in mind that the chaos of time and the safety of space in Pageau’s exploration of Hebrew thinking is not as simple as evil versus good. Each has its place; each is appropriate at some time and place as a primal divine operation. So the next pairing is that time is associated…
Mindwar is the Real Fight
Over and over again: The real conflict we face is informational. It’s not about the boots on the ground, nor the bodies lying in trenches. Those are but the symptoms. Were it not for the lies, those boots and bodies would be at home. Orwell’s vision was a kindergarten party compared to the “Orwellian” lies…