Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God
of Jack Miles
Series: God in Three Classic Scriptures
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With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promiseâGodâs ancient covenant with Israelâand of its strange, unlooked-for fulfillment. For, having abandoned his chosen people to an impending holocaust at the hands of their Roman conquerors. God, in the person of Jesus, chooses to die with them, in what is effectively an act of divine suicide. On the basis of this shocking argument, Miles compels us to reassess Christâs entire life and teaching: His proclivity for the powerless and disgraced. His refusal to discriminate between friends and enemies. His transformation of defeat into a victory that redeems not just Israel but the entire world. Combining a close reading of the Gospels with a range of reference that includes Donne, Nietzche, and Elie Wiesel, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God is a work of magnificent eloquence and imagination.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 368 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date November 5th 2002
- First Publication 08/01/01
- Language English
- ISBN 9780679781608
- Edition Not informed
- Category Religion & Spirituality
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