Jacob & the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel's Story by Kenneth E. Bailey

Jacob & the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel's Story

Nightwalkers #1

Kenneth E. Bailey

225 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion adventurous dark slow-paced
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Israel, the community to which Jesus belonged, took its name from their patriarch Jacob. His story of exile and return was their story as well. In the well-known tale of the prodigal son, Jesus reshaped the story in his own way and for his own pur...

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