The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants

Honored in 2006 as a "Year's Best Book for Preachers" by magazine. 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 Kenneth E. Bailey--New Testament scholar and long-time missionary to the Middl More »