The gospels demonstrate the homelessness of Jesus lasting for the entirety of his public ministry. [1] He left the economic security he had as an artisan and the reciprocity he had with his family and wandered Judaea depending on charity. [2] Many of the people on whom he depended for charity were women. [3] Because his ministry took place in the vicinity of his disciples' hometowns, it is likely that the group often slept at the homes of the disciples' family members. [4]
Of the Four Evangelists, Luke emphasizes Jesus' homelessness the most. [5] Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58 both record a statement by Jesus in which he describes his homelessness by saying that " foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head". [6] The implication is that the scribe who has just offered to become a follower of Jesus should also expect the same. [7] Theologian John Gill noted a parallel between this saying and the Jews' expectation of the Messiah: "if he (the Messiah) should come, 'there's no place in which he can sit down'. [8]
Sophiologists interpreted Jesus' homelessness as the homelessness of Sophia. [9] New Monastic writer Shane Claiborne refers to Jesus as "the homeless rabbi". [10] Catholic theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether discusses Jesus' homelessness in relation to the concept of kenosis, the voluntary renunciation of power in order to submit to the will of God. [11] In a book length study on the Gospel of Matthew, Robert J. Myles has argued that the homelessness of Jesus is often romanticized in biblical interpretation in a way that obscures the destitution and lack of agency that would have likely accompanied the situation. [12]
Canadian sculptor Tim Schmalz created Jesus the Homeless, a 2013 bronze sculpture of Jesus lying on a park bench covered in a blanket with his wounded feet protruding. [13]
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help)The gospels demonstrate the homelessness of Jesus lasting for the entirety of his public ministry. [1] He left the economic security he had as an artisan and the reciprocity he had with his family and wandered Judaea depending on charity. [2] Many of the people on whom he depended for charity were women. [3] Because his ministry took place in the vicinity of his disciples' hometowns, it is likely that the group often slept at the homes of the disciples' family members. [4]
Of the Four Evangelists, Luke emphasizes Jesus' homelessness the most. [5] Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58 both record a statement by Jesus in which he describes his homelessness by saying that " foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head". [6] The implication is that the scribe who has just offered to become a follower of Jesus should also expect the same. [7] Theologian John Gill noted a parallel between this saying and the Jews' expectation of the Messiah: "if he (the Messiah) should come, 'there's no place in which he can sit down'. [8]
Sophiologists interpreted Jesus' homelessness as the homelessness of Sophia. [9] New Monastic writer Shane Claiborne refers to Jesus as "the homeless rabbi". [10] Catholic theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether discusses Jesus' homelessness in relation to the concept of kenosis, the voluntary renunciation of power in order to submit to the will of God. [11] In a book length study on the Gospel of Matthew, Robert J. Myles has argued that the homelessness of Jesus is often romanticized in biblical interpretation in a way that obscures the destitution and lack of agency that would have likely accompanied the situation. [12]
Canadian sculptor Tim Schmalz created Jesus the Homeless, a 2013 bronze sculpture of Jesus lying on a park bench covered in a blanket with his wounded feet protruding. [13]
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