Bøker av Simon Perry

Description:For too long the story of history's most infamous terrorist, Yeshua Bar-Abbas, has been mistold.The only way to get justice from the Roman Empire is to steal it. By travelling to the Judean capital and avenging his brothers, Yeshua has achieved precisely that. However, the newfound friends who unexpectedly came to his aid have now blocked his way home to Egypt. An alcoholic archer, an over-zealous rabbi, a nervous shepherd boy, and an overweight farmer have further plans for Yeshua and his brother, Theudas. Each of them will discover that the kind of justice you win depends on how you fight for it. Violent revenge, passive resistance, or reluctant acts of terror? Each will bear its own fruit.Endorsements:""Two young Jewish traders, sons of a rabbi, set out to avenge the murder of their two brothers. Their actions in an ancient quest for justice tie them up with rebels who chafe under the oppression of Roman occupation in Judea and Galilee. Many deaths follow as plans to assassinate the prefect unfold. On their journey to Jerusalem they meet Yeshua of Nazareth, are betrayed by a trusted member of the group, and rob a tax collector. The young assassin named Yeshua is renamed Bar-Abbas as his leadership develops. The picture of first century Palestine is rich and accurate. The challenge to twenty-first century people is insightful as Bar-Abbas addresses modes of injustice. The central theme of justice is woven throughout, but is most richly developed in letters, son to father, and father to son, prior to the expected crucifixion of the assassin. Justice is revealed to be as complex and elusive as the human family. Justice must finally give way to mercy and love."" --Dr. Robert L. DotyProfessor of Literature EmeritusCampbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, KY""Perry's work is a masterpiece of creativity. He has skillfully blended events of historical veracity with speculations as to how those events unfolded, so as to keep suspense high. His knowledge of Jewish customs, social and political realities, along with Rome's attitude toward Jews, is commendably broad. For the mystery buff who knows something about the Bible, they cannot go wrong in choosing this book.""--Joe E. Lunceford, Professor of Religion, Georgetown College, KY ""Simon Perry brings action to one of the worlds greatest narratives. He invokes a world that most of us think we know something about, and through a rare blend of scholarship and storytelling blows away our preconceptions in a whirlwind of adventure and intrigue; when the dust clears, the man left standing, now as then, is Bar-Abbas and this is his story. Set in the Middle East, in the early first century, this tale is for you if you watched Defiance and cheered for the underdog.""--Dien WoolerRoyal Air Force""A thrilling story of intrigue, treachery, and forgiveness. From start to finish there are issues of morality, right and wrong, actions without understanding the consequences. Fascinating to see how four simple sentences can color our minds and blind us from objectivity. This book takes a well known story and serves it up in a dramatic and encapsulating manner in order that we might think. Excellent.""-- Iain HoskinsBristol Baptist CollegeAbout the Contributor(s):Simon Perry is a former soldier, a single parent, and has a PhD in Biblical Hermeneutics. He lives near Cambridge, UK, with his four children.

Hermeneutics is the work of Hermes, the Greek demigod, a messenger from the gods and from the dead. Simon Perry sets out to explore the contemporary face of Hermes through a reading of Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). This parable has one distinguishing feature that marks it out from other ancient stories following the same basic storyline: that a visitor from the dead is not granted leave to return with a message to the land of the living. In order for Scripture to be heard, Hermes is not necessary.Where does this leave the role of hermeneutics? Perry looks to philosophers, ethicists, and theologians for an answer.

Synopsis:For too long the story of history''s most infamous terrorist, Yeshua Bar-Abbas, has been mistold.The only way to get justice from the Roman Empire is to steal it. By travelling to the Judean capital and avenging his brothers, Yeshua has achieved precisely that. However, the newfound friends who unexpectedly came to his aid have now blocked his way home to Egypt. An alcoholic archer, an over-zealous rabbi, a nervous shepherd boy, and an overweight farmer have further plans for Yeshua and his brother, Theudas. Each of them will discover that the kind of justice you win depends on how you fight for it. Violent revenge, passive resistance, or reluctant acts of terror? Each will bear its own fruit.Endorsements:"Two young Jewish traders, sons of a rabbi, set out to avenge the murder of their two brothers. Their actions in an ancient quest for justice tie them up with rebels who chafe under the oppression of Roman occupation in Judea and Galilee. Many deaths follow as plans to assassinate the prefect unfold. On their journey to Jerusalem they meet Yeshua of Nazareth, are betrayed by a trusted member of the group, and rob a tax collector. The young assassin named Yeshua is renamed Bar-Abbas as his leadership develops.The picture of first century Palestine is rich and accurate. The challenge to twenty-first century people is insightful as Bar-Abbas addresses modes of injustice.The central theme of justice is woven throughout, but is most richly developed in letters, son to father, and father to son, prior to the expected crucifixion of the assassin. Justice is revealed to be as complex and elusive as the human family. Justice must finally give way to mercy and love." -Dr. Robert L. DotyProfessor of Literature EmeritusCampbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, KY"Perry''s work is a masterpiece of creativity. He has skillfully blended events of historical veracity with speculations as to how those events unfolded, so as to keep suspense high. His knowledge of Jewish customs, social and political realities, along with Rome''s attitude toward Jews, is commendably broad. For the mystery buff who knows something about the Bible, they cannot go wrong in choosing this book."-Joe E. Lunceford, Professor of Religion, Georgetown College, KY "Simon Perry brings action to one of the worlds greatest narratives. He invokes a world that most of us think we know something about, and through a rare blend of scholarship and storytelling blows away our preconceptions in a whirlwind of adventure and intrigue; when the dust clears, the man left standing, now as then, is Bar-Abbas and this is his story. Set in the Middle East, in the early first century, this tale is for you if you watched Defiance and cheered for the underdog."-Dien WoolerRoyal Air Force"A thrilling story of intrigue, treachery, and forgiveness. From start to finish there are issues of morality, right and wrong, actions without understanding the consequences. Fascinating to see how four simple sentences can color our minds and blind us from objectivity. This book takes a well known story and serves it up in a dramatic and encapsulating manner in order that we might think. Excellent."- Iain HoskinsBristol Baptist CollegeAuthor Biography:Simon Perry is a former soldier, a single parent, and has a PhD in Biblical Hermeneutics. He lives near Cambridge, UK, with his four children.

Synopsis:Hermeneutics is the work of Hermes, the Greek demigod, a messenger from the gods and from the dead. Simon Perry sets out to explore the contemporary face of Hermes through a reading of Jesus'' parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). This parable has one distinguishing feature that marks it out from other ancient stories following the same basic storyline: that a visitor from the dead is not granted leave to return with a message to the land of the living. In order for Scripture to be heard, Hermes is not necessary.Where does this leave the role of hermeneutics? Perry looks to philosophers, ethicists, and theologians for an answer.Endorsements:"In this thought-provoking analysis, Simon Perry submits the work of biblical interpreters such as Bultmann, Fish, and Derrida to critical scrutiny, and finds them all wanting. The underlying problem, he suggests, is that they all rely on technology-i.e., they make use of scripture, rather than allowing themselves to be transformed by it. Since the great transformative event is the resurrection, Dr. Perry explores other approaches which begin from the reader''s readiness to be transformed by the God encountered in scripture . . . demonstrating just how fruitful it can be to abandon one''s presuppositions regarding the ''meaning'' of the text, in order to allow it to confront us and to transform us."-Morna HookerLady Margaret''s Professor of Divinity EmeritaUniversity of Cambridge"Exploding biblical hermeneutics from within, Simon Perry shows us why reading Scripture is best understood as an engagement with a God who claims lives entire. Rigorously engaging the whole sweep of modern hermeneutical philosophy, this book shows how serious biblical theology must finally transmute into theology proper, and of the highest order."-Brian R. BrockLecturer in Moral and Practical TheologyKing''s College, University of Aberdeen"Simon Perry offers a sustained and strong account of the difference that the resurrection of Jesus Christ makes to theological hermeneutics. Biblical interpretation and the practice of discipleship, the world of the text and the real world of human striving and suffering, are inextricably linked in Perry''s vision of the interpretative task. Elegantly structured and demanding both intellectually and existentially, Perry''s work offers a new voice into the conversation about biblical interpretation today."-Sean F. WinterProfessor of New TestamentUnited Faculty of Theology, Uniting Church Theological CollegeMCD University of DivinityAuthor Biography:Simon Perry is chaplain of Robinson College, Cambridge. He is a former soldier, a single parent, and author of All Who Came Before (2011).