The Word Fulfilled: Reading the Bible with Jesus
Ebook
What does it mean to follow Jesus in the way we read Scripture?
As Christians, we want to follow Jesus in his teachings and way of life, which were significantly shaped by his reading of the Jewish Scriptures. By exploring how Jesus engaged the Scriptures, we can better understand how we should read our Bibles today—thereby following Jesus in the way we study our foundational text.
The Word Fulfilled offers in-depth explorations of how Jesus discussed seven important passages in his life and ministry. Through scholarship, scriptural engagement, and imaginative storytelling, author and pastor Michael W. Pahl illuminates what Scripture looked and sounded like in Jesus’ context. For anyone who desires to follow Jesus more deeply, Pahl helps us step back into the world of early Judaism and into synagogues, family kitchens, and other first-century settings as we encounter afresh the Word of God.
Foreword
Preface
Preparing to Read the Bible with Jesus
Chapter 1: The Shema
Chapter 2: The Shema, Extended Edition
Chapter 3: Jubilee!
Chapter 4: A Secret Message
Chapter 5: Mercy, Not Sacrifice
Chapter 6: David’s Son or David’s Lord?
Chapter 7: The Coming Son of Man
Continuing to Read the Bible with Jesus
Digging Deeper
Study Guide
Notes
The Author
“In this fine study of crucial scriptures at work in Jesus’ heart, mind, and mission, Michael W. Pahl not only provides a sketch of how Jesus read the Bible—thereby helping followers of Jesus read the Bible—but also provides a template of the formative teachings of Jesus. A splendid book in many ways.”
“Hallelujah! Michael W. Pahl has the heart of a disciple, the soul of a poet, and the mind of a scholar. His masterful midrashim (or “fan fictions” as he calls them) are as vivid as they are vibrant, and they will be appreciated both by those who have just decided to follow Jesus and by developed disciples with an eye for excellent exegesis. In these pages I entrust you to a teacher who doesn’t merely love the Scriptures but loves their nonviolent-Messiah to whom they perfectly point.”
“In this thoroughly engaging book, Michael W. Pahl invites us to think more deeply about who Jesus was and is, what it means to follow him, and why his message and mission continue to be good news for today’s fractured and hurting world. The Word Fulfilled reminds Christians, who are sometimes inclined to distance Jesus from the Old Testament, that this good news is deeply embedded in ‘Jesus’ Bible’ and is a continuation of God’s purposes throughout the biblical story. Written in conversational prose, with imaginative stories that draw readers into Jesus’ first-century world, the book demonstrates a wealth of New Testament scholarship in a way that is accessible for a wide audience.”
“How did Jesus learn to read Scripture? And how did he teach his followers, ancient and modern, to do so? Combining careful scholarship, fictional vignettes, and insightful, challenging probes into the priorities of Jesus, Michael W. Pahl invites readers to join him in choosing the Jesus way.”
“Any reader of the New Testament will be aware of how Scripture is fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus, but in this accessible and lucid book, Michael W. Pahl helps us appreciate the fulfilled Word through the eyes of Jesus and the New Testament writers themselves. By understanding more fully how Jesus fulfilled Scripture in his day, we see more clearly how that is so for readers today.”
- Title: The Word Fulfilled: Reading the Bible with Jesus
- Authors: Michael W. Pahl, Marlena Graves
- Publisher: Herald Press
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781513814506, 9781513814483, 1513814486, 1513814508
- Resource ID: LLS:9781513814506
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-22T11:10:25Z
Michael W. Pahl is executive minister of Mennonite Church Manitoba. He has a PhD in theology (biblical studies) from the University of Birmingham (UK). His professional journey has moved between academia and congregational ministry. He previously served as lead pastor of Morden Mennonite Church and has published and edited multiple academic books, including The Beginning and the End:Rereading Genesis’s Stories and Revelation’s Visions.