Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) was an acclaimed author and lecturer
in Middle Eastern New Testament studies. An ordained Presbyterian
minister, he served as Canon Theologian of the Anglican Diocese of
Pittsburgh. Bailey spent forty years living and teaching in
seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus.
For twenty of those years he was professor of New Testament and
head of the Biblical Department of the Near East School of Theology
in Beirut where he also founded and directed the Institute for
Middle Eastern New Testament Studies.
Bailey was also on the faculty of The Ecumenical Institute for
Theological Research in Jerusalem. Traveling around the globe to
lecture and teach, Bailey spoke in theological colleges and
seminaries in England (Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol) Ireland, Canada,
Egypt, Finland, Latvia, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, and
Jerusalem. He was active as a Bible teacher for conferences and
continuing education events in the Middle East, Europe, and North
America, and he taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Fuller Seminary.
His many books, in Arabic and English, include Paul Through
Mediterranean Eyes and The Good Shepherd (SPCK, 2011 & 2015
respectively).
Bailey has a gift of clear, lively expression; he takes advantage
of his personal experiences, interest in Hebrew poetic structure,
and knowledge of Arabic to bring insights into NT
interpretation.
*Journal for the Study of the New Testament*
A brilliant addition to Bailey's other works in which he sheds
light on the biblical text from Middle Eastern culture.
*Bibliotheca Sacra*
The work will yield a rich harvest of information, pastoral
support, and insight for all who read it.
*Currents in Theology & Mission*
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes is Bailey's most recent call to
Western Christians who need to time-travel to the Middle East. On
page after page, he identifies themes and reflexes assumed in the
gospels that slip right past us. Stories like the Parable of the
Woman and the Judge are given interpretations that should
contribute to every commentary writer. And fourteen more parables
are made alive again, each in its original context.
*Books & Culture*
The great strength of this work is the author's familiarity with
Middle Eastern culture. He succeeds in shedding new light on well
known Gospel stories from a cultural perspective. Another valuable
contribution of this book is the introduction to, and interaction
with, great Eastern commentaries long forgotten or largely unknown
to Western Biblical Scholarship. A very readable book and will be
profitable to various levels of readers. Anyone interested in
understanding the New Testament from its own distinctive Middle
Eastern cultural perspective ought to read this book.
*Themelios*
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