Cultural World of Jesus Sunday by Sunday, Cycle A

The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel assigned for each Sunday in Cycle A of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean, cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary western culture. With this background information, readers can make more fitting applications of Scripture to modern life.Pilch, John J. is the author of 'Cultural World of Jesus Sunday by Sunday, Cycle A' with ISBN 9780814622865 and ISBN 0814622860.