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| Original Title: | Jesus the Son of Man |
| ISBN: | 0394431243 (ISBN13: 9780394431246) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jesus |
| Setting: | Lebanon |
Kahlil Gibran
Hardcover | Pages: 216 pages Rating: 3.99 | 2191 Users | 194 Reviews
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beautifully written, but of course...man...this is Kahlil Gibran :) he made me feel like there were thous of butterflies fluttered in my heart......i am seeing Jesus through the eyes of a poet:
let me quote Jesus first encountered with Miriam:
For mind you, my friend, I was dead. I was a woman who had divorced her soul. I was living apart from this self which you now see. I belonged to all men, and to none. They called me harlot, and a woman possessed of seven devils. I was cursed, and I was envied.
But when His dawn-eyes looked into my eyes all the stars of my night faded away, and I became Miriam, only Miriam, a woman lost to the earth she had known, and finding herself in new places.
And now again I said to Him, “Come into my house and share bread and wine with me.”
And He said, “Why do you bid me to be your guest?”
And I said, “I beg you to come into my house.” And it was all that was sod in me, and all that was sky in me calling unto Him.
Then He looked at me, and the noontide of His eyes was upon me, and He said, “You have many lovers, and yet I alone love you. Other men love themselves in your nearness. I love you in your self. Other men see a beauty in you that shall fade away sooner than their own years. But I see in you a beauty that shall not fade away, and in the autumn of your days that beauty shall not be afraid to gaze at itself in the mirror, and it shall not be offended.
“I alone love the unseen in you.”
Then He said in a low voice, “Go away now. If this cypress tree is yours and you would not have me sit in its shadow, I will walk my way.”
And I cried to Him and I said, “Master, come to my house. I have incense to burn for you, and a silver basin for your feet. You are a stranger and yet not a stranger. I entreat you, come to my house.”
Then He stood up and looked at me even as the seasons might look down upon the field, and He smiled. And He said again: “All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”
And then He walked away.
But no other man ever walked the way He walked. Was it a breath born in my garden that moved to the east? Or was it a storm that would shake all things to their foundations?
I knew not, but on that day the sunset of His eyes slew the dragon in me, and I became a woman, I became Miriam, Miriam of Mijdel.
Details Regarding Books Jesus the Son of Man
| Title | : | Jesus the Son of Man |
| Author | : | Kahlil Gibran |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 216 pages |
| Published | : | February 21st 1995 by Knopf (first published 1928) |
| Categories | : | Religion. Poetry. Philosophy. Fiction. Christianity. Spirituality. Literature |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 2191 Users | 194 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Jesus the Son of Man
I became to know Jesus on the other side of view.. interesting!Thoughts and Meditations
This poetic re-rendering of the Gospel story really makes you think about who Jesus is/was by throwing the biblical text in a blender, chopping it up, and serving it back in a very different way from what we're accustomed to hearing. Gibran retells the story from literally a hundred different points of view, by giving voice to familiar biblical characters (Mary Magdalene, Peter, James, John, etc.), as well as others character types that would've peopled the multi-cultural world that was
There are some books that are so different in style and approach that either a person likes it or doesn't. For me, this book did not resonate at all. Browsing other reviews, I can see that many others see it differently.I didn't mind the way the sayings and actions of Jesus were blended together and redistributed, placed together in ways that aren't found in the source materials. I'm not a biblical literalist and understand that the gospel writers probably did some of that as well in creating a
I don't know how many times I've read this book. Maybe more than 10 times since the first time I read it in 2008, when I was still in college. Still, the book keeps me amazed until now. The words are beautifully crafted and it has strong power to depict My Lord, Jesus, from many views: beggar, His disciple, The Pharisees, a young shepherd, prostitute, His grandma, a bride, and many others.I always cry when reading story of Rafka, the bride from Kana, where Jesus did his first miracle: changing
This book is amazing. In the same vein as Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, this book looks at Jesus from the points of view of 30 or 40 contemporaries. It's all brilliant fiction, and presents so many sides to the man that i urge everyone to read it. Mary Magdeline describing his sensuous lips and her undying love for the man is so touching, while listening to a rich man vilify Jesus show keenly the milieu in which Jesus lived.
Currently reading it. Gibran is extremely captivating and this is unlike anything I've read.
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