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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... Jewish Old Testament . On this point I agree to the dissatisfaction expressed by many theologians and clergymen ... Jews . I am aware of the age - old controversies , even in academic circles , about whether it was the Jews or the Romans ...
... Jewish religion of that time required of any man who preached the word of God that he be " a person tall in stature ... Jewish historian Josephus , author of the Jewish Antiquities , so many men bore this name that it came to lack all ...
... Jews , for the living standard of the people there was even lower than it is today . The dwellings of the common folks were smeared on the outside walls with whitewash , but on the inside they were dingy as any cellars , with only a ...
... Jews . Antipas , his son , managed in turn to maintain his own position by being more a sycophant to the Roman emperor than even his father before him . So it was that Antipas rebuilt a certain town in Perea and named it Livias ( also ...
... Jews everywhere , were exposed to hearing read aloud by their elders that basic criterion of Jewish life and mentality which is the Law , or Torah . When lads grew into young men , they Farewell to the Daily Life of Nazareth 13.
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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 |