Finding The Lost Cultural Keys To Luke 15 – Kenneth E Bailey

Holiness/love as a spring of saving action. If anything, the holiness theme is here dominant. The woman acts primarily “for her own name’s sake.” 9. The worth of women. The reader of Luke’s gospel has just read where Jesus likens himself to a mother hen (13:34). Here he is a good woman. Prior to Jesus, Ben Sirach wrote, “the birth of a daughter is a loss” (Sir. 22:3b). Relatively soon after the time of Jesus, the rabbis were praying each day thanking God that they had not been created women (Hauptman, 196).

In the first parable Jesus boldly says, “You should be like this ’unclean’ shepherd.” In his parable he affirms, “I am like this woman! I search for the lost. What about you?” In the process Jesus elevates the worth of all women by his choice of imagery. 10. The hope of success in finding the lost. This theme is clearly intensified as noted. The outcome of the shepherd’s search, in spite of his determination, is uncertain.

The woman’s diligence is assured success. Again, a bold picture alive with bright colors reflecting great theological themes was created by Jesus with the briefest of strokes. The chapter then moves on to the climax of the trilogy. OceanofPDF.com Notes 1. The NRSV (as above) reads “a city built on a hill.” The verb keimai literally means “lie, recline, or place.” The intent in this text is certainly “built” as appears in the NRSV.

This appropriate meaning was also chosen by the translators of the famous Vatican Arabic 13 (eighth century A.D.). 2. Anna does not speak. So why is she mentioned? Luke apparently had her name, but no recorded speech in his sources. Yet he recalls her presence in the account.

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Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James or Authorized Version of the Bible. Excerpts marked JB are from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd., and Doubleday and Company, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bailey, Kenneth E. Finding the lost: cultural keys to Luke 15 / Kenneth E. Bailey. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-570-04563-0 1. Bible. N.T. Luke XV—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

2. Bible. O.T. Psalms XXIII—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Bible. N.T. Luke—Relation to Psalms. 4. Bible. O.T. Psalms—Relation to Luke. 5. Sociology, Biblical. I. Title. BS2595.2.B33 1992 226.4 06—dc20 91-44904 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 OceanofPDF.com Contents Foreword Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Good Shepherd and the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1–7) 2. The Good Woman and the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8–10) 3. The Good Father and His Two Lost Sons Part 1: The Younger Son (Luke 15:11–24) 4.

The Good Father and His Two Lost Sons Part 2: The Older Son (Luke 15:25–32) 5.

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