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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... death , for he chose to live without violent resistance . My way of depicting Jesus is rooted in my being a Japanese novelist . I wrote this book for the benefit of Japanese readers who have no Christian tradition of their own and who ...
... side . The only point I desired to make is that Jesus was put to death by people whom he never ceased to love . Tokyo Good Friday 1978 Shusaku Endo TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE THE name Shusaku Endo will not be familiar 2 A LIFE OF JESUS.
... death . He is a true Christian believer in the final chapter of his book , the mystery of Christ's resurrection . All literary translation implies the interpretation of an original text and the re - creation of its substance and ...
... death of his foster- father , but oral tradition holds that Joseph died when Jesus himself was nineteen years of age . On the supposition that he died while Jesus was still in Nazareth , we are led to think that Jesus then assumed ...
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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 |