The Wisdom and Wit of Rabbi Jesus / Edition 1

by William E. Phipps

Overview

Jesus was more than just a supernatural figure, says William Phipps. He had much in common with teachers and shared many of the interests of rabbis, ethicists, philosophers, and satirists. Phipps provides evidence of this in his thought-provoking book and then gives a boarder perspective of Jesus, showing that he differed from the traditional ancient wisdom with his rejection of the ideas of female inferiority, nationalistic prejudices, and intolerance of the unlearned. Readers are presented with a view of Rabbi Jesus as the consummate master teacher with a keen sense of humor, whose central theme was love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664252328
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	268
Sales rank:	646,504
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William E. Phipps is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He was formerly Professor of Bible at Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the former Chair of the Philosophy Department at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

Phipps, a religion and philosophy professor writing clearly and accessibly for educated general readers, compares Jesus as teacher with other great teachers and writers, such as Alfred North Whitehead and Mark Twain. Phipps discusses how Jesus departed from received prejudices about women, gentiles, and the uneducated; reveals the inadequacy of historical images of Jesus; and delineates Jesus' deeply human emotional life and his great capacity as a teacher. Phipps says that he chose to become a teacher rather than a preacher because of Jesus' example. Recommended for public, seminary, and undergraduate collections.

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