{"product_id":"the-cross-the-prodigal-luke-15-through-the-eyes-of-middle-eastern-peasants-9780830832811","title":"The Cross \u0026 the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreaching\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, Muslims have called attention to the father's forgiveness in this parable in order to question the need for a Mediator between humanity and God. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Prodigal, \u003c\/i\u003e Kenneth E. Bailey--New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middle East--undertakes to answer this question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his extensive knowledge of both the New Testament and Middle Eastern culture, Bailey presents an interpretation of this parable from a Middle Eastern perspective and, in doing so, powerfully demonstrates its essentially \u003ci\u003eChristian\u003c\/i\u003e message. Here Bailey highlights the underlying tensions between law and love, servanthood and sonship, honor and forgiveness that grant this story such timeless spiritual and theological power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth E. Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and lecturer in Middle Eastern New Testament studies. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he also serves as Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church, U.S.A. He holds graduate degrees in Arabic language and literature, and in systematic theology; his Th.D. is in New Testament. He spent forty years living and teaching New Testament in the Middle East. Bailey has written many books in English and in Arabic, including \u003ci\u003ePoet Peasant, Through Peasant Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacob the Prodigal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544123937042,"sku":"9780830832811","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11944d38-fbf2-4731-a108-dd5fe19ff394.jpg?v=1731521338","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cross-the-prodigal-luke-15-through-the-eyes-of-middle-eastern-peasants-9780830832811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}