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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... wilderness of Judea , a bleak desert lying south of the holy city of Jerusalem , the flaming figure of a prophet clothed in animal skin fastened with a leather belt . He is the man known in history as John the Baptist . Tradition says ...
... Judah . Their monotheistic faith in Yahweh had been under continual threat from neighboring nations and from the ... wilderness of Judea , by the lower reaches of the Jordan River close to the Dead Sea , the long - awaited prophet ...
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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 |