Short Stories with Jesus 1st Session

Jesus knew how to tell a story. He knew that in order to get his message across he needed to relate to the people who gathered to listen-first century Jewish Palestinians-who lived in a very different world than the one in which we live today. It’s no wonder traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories sometimes seem anti-Semitic or misogynistic. In Short Stories by Jesus, author Amy-Jill Levine takes you back in time and explains how original audiences understood Jesus’ parables. You’ll learn how, when interpreted correctly, the parables still challenge and provoke contemporary readers two thousand years later. In addition to the book, a Participant Guide, Leader Guide, and DVD are available for this six-week study. This is the complete first session video segment found on the DVD.

[@AbrahamsBridges]

Thank you, Dr. Levine!

[@loiseichman6121]

I first heard you speak at the Evolving Faith Conference this year and loved hearing "the rest of the story." Thank you so much for your books and these videos. I have much to learn and you are an outstanding teacher.

[@randyw.8781]

The same gospel message we read was first preached in a world with many false Gods and different customs. It is understandable today. Many like AJ understand the message but don't believe in who the messenger is taught to be. In regard to those of AJ's faith I would state there is a testimony that better explains the absence of a high priest on earth then what they believe and are taught. The message of the gospels: Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

[@yahulwagoni4571]

God is not man. Man is not God, Any attempt to assert the God-Man is not Judaism and fails the test of Deuteronomy 13.

[@randyw.8781]

But Jesus IS God's Christ and those that reject Him reject the one who sent Him. You have a testimony that better explains the absence of a High Priest on earth them what you have come to believe the message of the gospels Jesus- Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

[@shaduck06]

bias

[@phillipsmith6756]

"those of AJ's faith"... ? I have sat in her lectures here in Australia and read her books, cited her in my assignments - and I would never presume to define the box of her personal faith, or create a stereotype to include "those" others/them. If you mean all Jewish people, with all their different faith understandings, you're casting a VERY wide net.

[@mariafriesen5639]

Grea insights. Thankyou

[@johnsmith5139]

whoa

[@kairossa8965]

How do we count the dead palestinian...this interpretation is just as asinine.