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A Life of Jesus
A simple and powerful retelling of the life of Christ as seen through the eyes of a Japanese novelist.
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
March 1st 1989
by Paulist Press
(first published 1973)
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Oct 31, 2012
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'All the same, and I have said it again and again, my own position remains what i have already set forth in drawing a distinction between a fact and a truth in the Bible. In this case too, the Bethlehem nativity might not be a fact, but for me it is the truth'
This paragraph comes on the final page of this life of Christ by Shusaku Endo a japanese catholic novelist or maybe that is a catholic japanese novelist or maybe again a japanese novelist who happened to be a catholic. I belabour the point...more
This paragraph comes on the final page of this life of Christ by Shusaku Endo a japanese catholic novelist or maybe that is a catholic japanese novelist or maybe again a japanese novelist who happened to be a catholic. I belabour the point...more
Originally written in Japanese the translation and style I'm told is accurate. But I'm disappointed reading it in English for it tell me plenty about the context of Jesus and the stories but fails to make anything live for me. Richard Schuchert, the translator, tells us that Endo felt that Christianity failed to reach Japanese successfully because it presented an authoritative father figure. While the book is Endo's presentation of the maternal characteristics of God the manner of presentation a...more
Picked this up as a possible gift for a Christian friend and read it because I might as well. I found it quite interesting, though maybe being a Christian Westerner would have made it more surprising? Dunno. Sometimes he gets a bit repetitive about e.g. transformation of Jesus' disciples from no-good cowards into fearless leaders of the church, but he is trying to make a point after all.
Jun 09, 2009
Sosoohee
marked it as to-read
i was doing a search on the book 'jesus i never knew' in japanese. i had forgotten that yancey talked about Endo in that book. Endo had a fascinating life and also happens to write very well respected books with Christian themes in a country where only 1 percent has the same faith.
i found this link and the 2nd page made me cry;
http://www.2think.org/endo.shtml
i found this link and the 2nd page made me cry;
http://www.2think.org/endo.shtml
On the strength of Endo's powerful novel Silence I picked up his biography of Jesus, thinking that he would synthesize the gospel accounts and scholarly research into a compelling literary narrative. Just didn't happen for me. It read more like a tedious slog through competing theories about this and that--often about things quite tangential to the "Life of Jesus." Disappointed.
A beautiful, literary, odd 'life of Jesus.' Endo is one of Japan's most revered writers, and it is fascinating to read his retelling and interpretation of Jesus' life.
Due to the translation I had a hard time reading this. But the context of Jesus in this book is very enlightening.
I thought it was pleasant retelling of the story of Jesus.
Japanese novelist Endo's rendering of the life of Jesus written to appeal to a Japanese audience drawn to an image of God as a comforting mother and not a stern father. Interesting historical and psychological examination.
An Eastern perspective on the life of Christ. A fascinating book that offers a different perspective than what I'm used to.
Christology japanese style - fascinating
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Shusaku Endo, born in Tokyo in 1923, was raised by his mother and an aunt in Kobe where he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of eleven. At Tokyo's Keio University he majored in French literature, graduating BA in 1949, before furthering his studies in French Catholic literature at the University of Lyon in France between 1950 and 1953. A major theme running through his books, which have be...more
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