My So-Called Biblical Life

Imagined Stories from the World’s Best-Selling Book

Julie Faith Parker, Parker

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781498238441
  9781498238465
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498238458
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

My So-Called Biblical Life gives fresh perspectives to stories from the Bible, imbuing them with powerful, honest emotion. The editor's translation of biblical passages grounds twelve original narratives, which engage the reader and invite a personal response. Imagine sending away your precious daughter to be a concubine. Suppose your family's survival depended on the sacrifice of your brother's life. Picture Jesus looking you in the eye and telling you to sell everything you own. What would you do? The collected essays in this volume explore these scenarios and more. Readers easily learn about life in biblical times through well-researched stories with supporting footnotes. Questions follow each essay, stimulating individual reflection and group discussion, and making this book a unique resource for classes, book groups, seminars, sermons, retreats, and Bible studies. My So-Called Biblical Life transforms one-dimensional portrayals of Bible characters into vibrant portraits of men, women, and children from antiquity whose struggles and hopes still speak to us today. Three of the contributors to My So-Called Biblical Life are incarcerated; a portion of the royalties from this book are donated to the Exodus Transitional Community (www.etcny.org), which helps people re-enter into society after spending time in prison. Contributors: Aundray Jermaine Archer Lawrence Bartley Evan Cameron Sarah Condon Joseph A. Ebert Clara Garnier-Amouroux Kenyatta Hughes Emily Phillips Lloyd William H. Mohr Richard P. Poirier Emily Sher

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Not Sneaky but Smart: Sagacity from the Speaking Snake—Genesis 3:1–14 / Aundray Jermaine Archer
• 2. What about Me? The Tale of the Forgotten Sister—Genesis 29:1–30 / Clara Garnier-Amouroux
• 3. Just before the Abyss: The Legacy of Korah—Numbers 15:32–36; 16:1–33 / Joseph A. Ebert
• 4. Only Hope: A Prequel to Judges—33 Judges 19:1–30 / Sarah Condon
• 5. The Outing—1 Kings 3:1, 16–28 / Emily Phillips Lloyd
• 6. Vessels of Hope—2 Kings 4:1–7 / Julie Faith Parker
• 7. Appeasing the Death-Loving God—Jeremiah 7:31; 32:35 / Richard P. Poirier
• 8. He Didn’t Name Me—Hosea 1:2–6, 8-9; 2:2–10 / Emily Sher
• 9. The Rich Young Man—Mark 10:17–22 / William H. Mohr
• 10. Revelation—Mark 15:16–39 / Evan Cameron
• 11. How Did He Know?—Luke 10:25–37 / Lawrence Bartley
• 12. Fisherman—John 21:1–24 / Kenyatta Hughes