Biblical scholar Walter Wink offers a fresh interpretation of Jesus on violence. His explanation of “turning the other cheek” is unique and enlightening: Jesus gives some snarky advice on the “pimp slap.”
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What He Said
This is the kind of textual interpretation that makes me excited about textual interpretation. What did Jesus mean when he taught to “turn the other cheek?” (via My Irony). “If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.” Most people pi…
Love it. Best article I’ve read in a long time. Do you know anything about this Wink guy? Read any stuff? Any book recommendations. This article was the fucking shit.
The best one I know of is The Powers That Be. We’re bringing him to Emory a month from now, so I’m pretty excited about that.
Wish I could be there. Thanks for the recommendation.
Well, it got a rave review by one of my favorite authors, Madeleine L’Engle, so I guess I’ll be reading it:
“Walter Wink’s The Powers That Be is a brilliant and important book. We need to take seriously his understanding that violence is never redemptive. Walter is indeed giving us a new theology for a new millennium, and if we are to make it for another thousand years we need to understand this. This is not a book of doom, but of wondrous hope.” – Madeleine L’Engle