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Surprised by Jesus again : reading the Bible in communion with the saints Jason Byassee

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2019Description: xvii, 190 pISBN:
  • 9780802871688
DDC classification:
  • 220.609/015
Contents:
Foreword / Michael Gulker -- 1. Grafted in : Relearning God's promises to Israel -- 2. Origen : Blush while you read -- 3. Mary : Ponder and treasure -- 4. Augustine : Suffused with delight -- 5. Learning Scripture in Nazareth : God is Jewish, Catholic, and Pentecostal -- 6. Gregory the Great : Tracker of hidden mysteries -- 7. The institution of the Old Testament : No death, no resurrection -- 8. Four senses : Reading the Bible with the early church -- Postlude : Doxological science
Summary: No one expects to be surprised. Yet biblical interpretation can do exactly that. Christians expect to see Jesus as they read the Bible, but when and how Jesus actually speaks through Scripture can still surprise us! Drawing on the early church's theological giants -- Origen, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and more from the historical cloud of witnesses -- author Jason Byassee models how we can recover ancient Christians' multiple ways of reading the Bible to our benefit. As Byassee says, God himself is Jewish, Catholic, and Pentecostal -- so much larger than our own little corner on the truth -- and this book offers readers a refreshingly enhanced vision of the Bible and of Jesus himself
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Foreword / Michael Gulker -- 1. Grafted in : Relearning God's promises to Israel -- 2. Origen : Blush while you read -- 3. Mary : Ponder and treasure -- 4. Augustine : Suffused with delight -- 5. Learning Scripture in Nazareth : God is Jewish, Catholic, and Pentecostal -- 6. Gregory the Great : Tracker of hidden mysteries -- 7. The institution of the Old Testament : No death, no resurrection -- 8. Four senses : Reading the Bible with the early church -- Postlude : Doxological science

No one expects to be surprised. Yet biblical interpretation can do exactly that. Christians expect to see Jesus as they read the Bible, but when and how Jesus actually speaks through Scripture can still surprise us! Drawing on the early church's theological giants -- Origen, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and more from the historical cloud of witnesses -- author Jason Byassee models how we can recover ancient Christians' multiple ways of reading the Bible to our benefit. As Byassee says, God himself is Jewish, Catholic, and Pentecostal -- so much larger than our own little corner on the truth -- and this book offers readers a refreshingly enhanced vision of the Bible and of Jesus himself

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