The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle

by Phyllis Tickle

• ISBN13: 9780470505687
• ISBN10: 0470505680
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

What if you could encounter the words of Jesus on their own, lifted up from the surrounding narratives and presented in their full power and mystery? That's the question Phyllis Tickle-one of America's most beloved writers on Christian spirituality-asked when she set out to write what she calls a "Sayings gospel." In The Words of Jesus Tickle has compiled and arranged all the sayings of Jesus from the first four books of the New Testament and the first chapter of the Book of Acts in a way that creates an entirely new kind of encounter with the texts. And she has accompanied those sayings with her own personal reflections and commentaries not just on the words themselves but on the One who spoke them.

Table of Contents

Reflections on the Words of Jesus

A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord

The Words of Public Teaching

The Words of Private Instruction

The Words of Healing Dialogue

The Words of Intimate Conversation

The Words of Post-Resurrection Encounters

Acknowledgments

The Author

Index to Canonical Sources

Index to Key Words and Major Themes

A Reader's Guide for The Words of Jesus Elizabeth Wirls Linda Marks

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