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Jesus and the Kingdom of God

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The more I use this book as a resource the more I appreciate it. Beasely-Murray has gone to great pains in study and presentation to present what he asserts is the theme of Jesus' ministry: the kingdom of God. The author has organized the material to make it easy to find discussions of particular passages and topics. He offers contrary views and presents his conclusions. The text includes source criticism but he does not over do it as so many scholars do in their Biblical studies books. Any discussion of form/text/source criticism is concise and relevant; it is easy to skim through it to get to the heart of the writing.

This book helps readers align their own views and teachings with the heart of the gospel of the Jesus and the kingdom of God.

In the line of the great scholars like Joaquin Jeremias an Charles Dodd, Beasley and Murray have developed a profound biblical approach for the usually misunderstood theme of the Kingdom of God. Their systematical approach to the issue gives a clear insight as soon you as you read the table of contents. Somebody who has never been in contact with this kind of approach to the theme of the kingdom may feel himself unconfortable with the reading at first, but the clarity of the biblical exegesis will challenge the reader to go ahead to discover a new paradigm about the central message of Jesus: The Kingdom of God. The material is so good that I learned even from the abundant "notes to the pages" at the end of the book, a lot of them are even highlighted by my hand. I recomend this book to anyone who seriously wants to understand Jesus and His relation to the Kingdom.