Christ A Crisis in the Life of God

Name: Christ A Crisis in the Life of God
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ISBN: 9780679781608

ISBN-10: 0679781609

ISBN-13: 9780679781608

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Authors: Jack Miles

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With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for fulfillment. For, having abandoned his chosen people to an impending holocaust at the hands of their Roman conquerors. God, in the person of Jesus, chooses to die with them, in what is effectively an act of divine suicide. On the basis of this shocking argument, Miles compels us to reassess Christ’s entire life and teaching: His proclivity for the powerless and disgraced. His refusal to discriminate…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.97" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

He has been a Regents Lecturer at the University of California & a professor of humanities at Claremont Graduate University. He is currently senior adviser to the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. He lives in Pasadena, California.