Preaching of Jesus: Gospel Proclamation, Then and Now

Using the findings of historical Jesus studies, William Brosend asks, what is the rhetoric that characterized the preaching of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels, and how may today's preaching benefit from it? This book for preachers and students of preaching helps the reader see four distinct aspects of the rhetoric of Jesus: dialogical (preaching in response to challenges and questions); proclamatory (making bold and authoritative statements); occasionally self-referential (though less so than in the Fourth Gospel); and persistently figurative (illustrating his message through metaphor). Brosend spends one chapter on each of these methods, closing each chapter with a sermon that models that approach and his analysis of it. Sample sermons are by well-known preachers including Fred Craddock, Michael Curry, Tom Long, and Barbara Brown Taylor. Brosend concludes with the implications for modern preaching and a sermon of his own.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 02/01/2010
ISBN: 9780664232153
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.52d

Review Citations: Christian Century 05/18/2010 pg. 42