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The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants is unavailable, but you can change that!

Where is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son? For centuries, Muslims have called attention to the father's forgiveness in this parable in order to question the need for a Mediator between humanity and God. In The Cross and the Prodigal, Kenneth E. Bailey—New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middle East—undertakes to answer this question. Drawing on his extensive...

on the shepherd, saying “If he has lost one of them.” This departure from traditional idiom is important. Jesus is saying to his audience, “You lost your sheep. I went after it and brought it home. Now you have the gall to come to me complaining! Don’t you realize that I am making up for your mistakes?” The ninety-nine sheep were left in the wilderness, perhaps with an under-shepherd and quite likely in a cave.7 Yet was it wise to leave the ninety-nine and wander away searching for the one? Christian
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