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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... in Galilee , portray the basics of what Jesus sought from God . In his carpenter days at Nazareth , Jesus more than any- one already felt the gap which lay between the nature Farewell to the Daily Life of Nazareth 11.
Shūsaku Endō. one already felt the gap which lay between the nature of his prayer and the hard facts of daily living . And simply because he felt as he did , his face seemed little by little to be growing older than the faces of his ...
... natural result being that the prophets themselves were inevitably perse- cuted by the establishment prevailing at the time . The prophets claimed that national honor and glory would be restored to the Jews , that the " kingdom of God ...
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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 |