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Pitre, Brant James.
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Jesus Christ -- Jewish interpretations.
Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion.
Messiah -- Biblical teaching.
Bridegrooms -- Miscellanea.
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Pitre, Brant James.
Jesus Christ -- Jewish interpretations.
Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion.
Messiah -- Biblical teaching.
Bridegrooms -- Miscellanea.
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Jesus
the
bridegroom
: the
greatest
love
story
ever
told
/ Brant Pitre.
by
Pitre, Brant James.
Image, 2014.
Call #:
232.3 P686j
Subjects
Jesus
Christ -- Jewish interpretations.
Jesus
Christ -- Crucifixion.
Messiah -- Biblical teaching.
Bridegrooms -- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9780770435455 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 198 p. : 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-196).
Contents:
The divine
love
story
--
Jesus
the
bridegroom
-- The woman at the well -- The crucifixion -- The end of time -- The bridal mysteries -- Beside the well with
Jesus
-- Appendix: Jewish sources outside the Bible.
Summary:
"In
Jesus
the
Bridegroom
, Brant Pitre once again taps into the wells of Jewish Scripture and tradition, and unlocks the secrets of what is arguably the most well-known symbol of the Christian faith: the cross of Christ. In this thrilling exploration, Pitre shows how the suffering and death of
Jesus
was far more than a tragic Roman execution. Instead, the Passion of Christ was the fulfillment of ancient Jewish prophecies of a wedding, when the God of the universe would wed himself to humankind in an everlasting nuptial covenant. To be sure, most Christians are familiar with the apostle Paul's teaching that Christ is the '
Bridegroom
' and the Church is the 'Bride'. But what does this really mean? And what would
ever
possess Paul to compare the death of Christ to the
love
of a husband for his wife? If you would have been at the Crucifixion, with
Jesus
hanging there dying, is that how you would have described it? How could a first-century Jew like Paul, who knew how brutal Roman crucifixions were, have
ever
compared the execution of
Jesus
to a wedding? And why does he refer to this as the "great mystery" (Ephesians 5:32)? As Pitre shows, the key to unlocking this mystery can be found by going back to Jewish Scripture and tradition and seeing the entire history of salvation, from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary, as a divine
love
story
between Creator and creature, between God and Israel, between Christ and his bride--a
story
that comes to its climax on the wood of a Roman cross. In the pages of
Jesus
the
Bridegroom
, dozens of familiar passages in the Bible--the Exodus, the Song of Songs, the Wedding at Cana, the Woman at the Well, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and even the Second Coming at the End of Time--are suddenly transformed before our eyes. Indeed, when seen in the light of Jewish Scripture and tradition, the life of Christ is nothing less than the
greatest
love
story
ever
told
."--Book jacket.
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