The Storyteller's Companion to the Bible Volume 9: Stories About Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels - Hardcover

Jennings, Jo-Ann E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0687001013 ISBN 13: 9780687001019

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2005

Synopsis

Telling the story of Jesus has been a part of Christian practice for nearly 2000 years.  In fact, one of the earliest forms of Christian preaching was storytelling, or telling Jesus stories.  These early story/sermons provided the raw material for the gospel narratives.  Because the gospel writers wrote down these early stories and preserved them, today we can read the story of Jesus in the Bible.  Yet we still have an age-old longing to hear the story told, in the same manner as it has been told by generations of storytellers from ages past. 
 This volume is designed to help the reader do just that.  The editors have taken a representative collection of stories about Jesus from the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and provided for each story a new analysis that illuminates how it works as a story.  Paired with each analysis is a creative retelling of the story by a professional storyteller-preacher.  The goal is to provide the reader with insights into the Biblical story and suggestions on how it might be retold for audiences today.

Edited by Michael E. Williams and Dennis E. Smith
Commentary by Mikeal C. Parsons
Storytellers:  Jo-Ann Elizabeth (Little) Jennings
  Pam McGrath

About this title

About the Authors

Dennis E. Smith is Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and author of From Symposium to Eucharist: The Banquet in the New Testament World, and other books and articles.

Michael E. Williams is senior pastor at West End United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of numerous articles, stories, poems, and books and is general editor of The Storyteller’s Companion to the Bible series. A frequent guest-speaker and workshop leader at regional, national, and international events, Dr. Williams has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival and has taught at the National Institutes of Storytelling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0687001013
• ISBN 13: 9780687001019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Smith Dennis E., Williams Michael E.