
What Was Jesus Hoping to Achieve?
Roger Amos(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 3. January 2022
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-1-6667-9015-3 (ISBN)
Description
What led a thirty-year-old carpenter/builder from an obscure village in Galilee to abandon his trade and become the itinerant preacher, teacher, and healer described in the Gospels?
Many Christians--including even some ministers--if asked precisely what outcome Jesus was hoping to achieve from his earthly ministry, are more likely to utter gasps of astonishment or admissions of ignorance (""I've never thought about it"") than to give a considered opinion, even though the matter could hardly be more central to the Christian faith.
In the past, scholars have attempted to discover Jesus' agenda by analyzing his teaching and actions as recorded in the Gospels. Their efforts, however, identified a diversity of conflicting aims. Roger Amos, in contrast, explores the factors impacting Jesus that led him to undertake his ministry. He uncovers a Galilee racked by deprivation--unemployment, debt, hunger, and crime--and a Jesus determined to confront the establishment and improve conditions for ordinary Jews. But how could a village carpenter backed by a band of fishermen accomplish that? Following clues in the Gospels that other expositors have overlooked, the author reveals the intriguing story underlying the familiar gospel narrative.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-9015-3 (9781666790153)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Roger Amos
What Was Jesus Hoping to Achieve?
E-Book
01/2022
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€24.49
Available for download
Persons
Former journalist Roger Amos trained for the Baptist ministry at Spurgeon's College, London, gaining a BD from the University of London, and in retirement added an MA (by distance learning) in Aspects of Biblical Interpretation from the London School of Theology. He is an Associate Research Fellow at Spurgeon's College and the author of Hypocrites or Heroes? The Paradoxical Portrayal of the Pharisees in the New Testament (2015).