TY - BOOK AU - Bailey,Kenneth E TI - Jacob & the prodigal: how Jesus retold Israel's story SN - 9780830827275 AV - BT378.B154.J336 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Jacob KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Luke XV, 11-32 KW - Relation to Genesis KW - O.T KW - Genesis XXVII, 1-XXXVI, 8 KW - Relation to Luke KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Prodigal son (Parable) N1 - 1 (pages 219.-224) and index; Introduction : what does it mean to call Jesus a theologian? --; Jesus as a metaphorical theologian and the rabbinic world --; The Jesus tradition and the question of authenticity --; The importance of Middle Eastern culture for New Testament interpretation --; The parable of the prodigal son and the "travel narrative" in Luke --; The one and the many in parabolic interpretation --; Three stories, one parable : seeing the three stories of Luke 15 as a unity --; The parable of the lost sheep : the first warm-up story (Lk 15:3-7) --; The lost coin--and also some women (Lk 15:8-10) --; To find the lost : the parable of the two lost sons (Lk 15:11-32) --; Jacob revisited : the Jacob story in early Jewish tradition and in the mind of Jesus --; The great rebellion : the family before the prodigal leaves home (Lk 15:11-13) --; The exile : the prodigal in the far country (Lk 15:13-19) --; Peace for the one who is far off : the father finds the prodigal (Lk 15:20-24) --; Peace for the one who is near : the father's search for the older son (Lk 15:25-32) --; Two dancers in a single dance : reflections on New Testament Wright's interpretation of the parable of the prodigal son --; A summary of the significance of the comparisons between Jacob and the prodigal for aspects of Jesus' theology; 2 ER -