A Life of JesusPaulist Press, 1978 - 179 σελίδες Shusaku Endo is considered one of Japan's greatest modern writers. Hisnovel Silence is acknowledged as a masterpiece and has been translated intomany languages. The Final Martyrs, published in English just before hisdeath in 1996, reinforced his reputation as a major literary figure.E ndo wasborn in 1923 and converted to Christianity as a boy. His stories and novelsattempt to integrate his religious faith with Japanese culture. Endorsements "This is the whole life of Jesus. It stands out clean and simple, likea single Chinese ideograph brushed on a blank sheet of paper. It wasso clean and simple that no one could ever make sense of it, and noone could produce its like." "Endo's graceful life of Christ ranks with that of Frarn;ois Mauriac as oneof the great volumes of its kind written in this century." "He knows the land. His descriptions of the Judean countryside and the littletowns that dot it, and of the incredibly bleak and empty desert, are amongthe most real and poetic I have ever read." "Endo is a consummate writer who, as a master photographer, brings intensesentiment, character, and movement out of the subtle light and shadows thathe focuses around his subject..." "...characterized by simple language, but reveals a profound perceptivity.The translation by Richard Schuchert deserves a special commendation." |
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... Gospel narrative , which he then structures into a dramatic presentation of Jesus ' life and death . He is a true Christian believer in the final chapter of his book , the mystery of Christ's resurrection . All literary translation ...
... Gospel record nowhere indicates that people ever condemned Jesus for his external appearance — then Jesus very likely was a man of normal stature for a Jew . From there we go on to think of him as looking like other Jews of ancient ...
... Gospel of John ( 8:57 ) people seeing Jesus one time said to him that he was not yet fifty years old , whereas he was in fact only in his thirties . Their remark is open to various interpretations , one possibility being that Jesus did ...
... Gospels we see an image of Jesus trying to share in all the sorrows of misfortunate men and women . One woman had suffered for years with her illness ( referred to as an issue of blood ) , and when she merely touched his person with the ...
... Gospels I get the impression , however vague , that in his travels from place to place Jesus always avoided the cities built by King Antipas . The life - style of the opulent class in Tiberias was alien to Jesus , who was himself no ...
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NEAR THE DEAD SEA | 18 |
PERILOUS BEGINNINGS | 29 |
SPRINGTIME IN GALILEE | 41 |
SPIES | 55 |
THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD | 69 |
JESUS THE INEFFECTUAL | 79 |
JUDAS THE DOLOROUS MAN | 89 |
JERUSALEM JERUSALEM | 102 |
THE NIGHT OF THE ARREST | 113 |
MEN WHO SIT IN JUDGMENT | 129 |
INTO THY HANDS O LORD I COMMIT MY SPIRIT | 143 |
THE QUESTION | 156 |