Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Raid On The ArticulateISBN13:9781556358227ISBN10:1556358229Author:Crossan, John Dominic (Author)Description:John Dominic Crossan's In Parables Demonstrated How Jesus's Parables Demolished An Idolatry Of Time In This Book, He Shows How The Parables Likewise Preclude An Idolatry Of Language In A New, Creative Synthesis, Raid On The Articulate Juxtaposes The Sayings And Parables Of Jesus With The Works Of Modern Argentine Writer Jorge Luis Borges To Reveal Fresh Interpretations Crossan Locates Both Men As Literary Iconoclasts, Parablers Who Can Evoke For Us The Other Side Of Silence The Gift They Bring Is Cosmic Eschatology, The Ability To Stand On The Brink Of Nonsense And Absurdity And Not Be Dizzy The Discussion Begins With Comedy And Transcendence, A Comedy Too Deep For Laughter Language Is Seen Most Openly And Acknowledged Most Freely As Structured Play, Opening The Narrow Gate To Transcendence This Precludes Language Being Mistaken For The Gate Itself This In Turn Raises The Question Of Form And Parody As Crossan Writes, Why Mock The Craftsman Skilled In Silver And Gold And Not Mock The Artisan Skilled In Form And Genre? What If The Aniconic God Became Trapped In Icons Made Of Language? In Jesus We Find The Most Magisterial Warning Against Graven Words And Encapsulation Of God In Case Law, Proverb, Or Beatitude When Jesus Says, Whoever Seeks To Gain His Life Will Lose It He Presents A Paradox Insoluble By Faith In Language Borges Performs A Similar Function In Literature When He Inserts Footnotes Referring To Nonexistent Books Both Are Arguing Against The Idolatry Of Imprisoning Reality In The Words That Point To It Parable And Paradox Makes The Case For Parable As Paradox Formed Into Story It Is In This Context That Jesus And Borges Must Be Understood Analyzing Many Of Jesus's Parables, Especially The Good Samaritan, And Comparing Them Structurally To Borges's Work, Crossan Sees Them As Single Or Double Reversals Of Their Audiences Most Profound Expectations It Is These That Lend Them Both Their Power And Their Paradox Raid On The Articulate Concludes With Considerations Of The Plasticity Of Time In Jesus And Borges And What, Finally, We Can Say About Them As Men From Their Fragile And Aphoristic Art Emphasizing Both Biblical And Literary Materials, John Dominic Crossan Achieves A Deepened Understanding Of New Testament Texts And Forms, An Understanding Possible Only When The Unique Literary Aspect Of Jesus's Sayings Is Acknowledged Raid On The Articulate Makes A Brilliant Example Of How Fruitfully Structuralist Procedures In Literary Criticism May Be Employed In The Study Of Biblical Literature It Is, Indeed, A Book That One Suspects To Be Of A Truly Seminal Order --Nathan A Scott Jr , University Of Virginia John Dominic Crossan Is Professor Emeritus Of Religious Studies At Depaul University, Chicago He Has Written Twenty Books On The Historical Jesus In The Last Thirty Years, Four Of Which Have Become National Religious Bestsellers: The Historical Jesus (1991), Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994), Who Killed Jesus? (1995), And The Birth Of Christianity (1998) He Is A Former Co-Chair Of The Jesus Seminar, And A Former Chair Of The Historical Jesus Section Of The Society Of Biblical Literature, An International Scholarly Association For Biblical Study Based In The United States Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:WIPF & STOCK PUBLPublication Date:2008-03-01Weight:0.61 lbsDimensions:0.49'' H x 8.52'' L x 5.61'' WNumber of Pages:207Language:English
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Book Title: Raidon the Articulate : Comic Eschatology in Jesus and Borges
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: John Dominic Crossan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Christian Theology / Eschatology, Biblical Studies / General, Humor
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
