
Jesus for Everyone
Not Just Christians
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed

Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $25.19
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Nan McNamara
-
By:
-
Amy-Jill Levine
About this listen
Why Jesus’s historic and cultural influence makes him fascinating, provocative, and relevant for everyone, not only Christians.
Two thousand years after his birth and death, Jesus of Nazareth continues to be of vital interest. Yet much of the scholarship around Jesus focuses on his religious significance. Jesus for Everyone examines his most famous teachings from a fresh perspective, exploring how they have continued to shape ethics and civilization in the West for two millennia.
Even for those who reject faith, Jesus’s life and his philosophy are important to study, writes renowned biblical scholar and author Amy-Jill Levine, because of the insights they hold for us today. Poring through scripture, analyzing what historical scholarship has revealed about Jesus’s views on a number of subjects—including women—reveals surprising messages sure to be fascinating to all listeners.
Placing Jesus of Nazareth within his historical context, Levine brings him vividly into focus and invites everyone from faithful Christians, agnostics, and the most committed nonbelievers to appreciate his lasting impact on the modern world.
©2024 Amy-Jill Levine (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
-
The Gospel of John
- A Beginner's Guide to the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John's Gospel offers listeners a new language—of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the "I am"—that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith. With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces listeners to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today.
-
-
Love the love shown.
- By Ruth Reynoso on 12-21-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Gospel of Mark
- A Beginner's Guide to the Good News
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Walk through the Bible's earliest source for the life of Jesus with scholar Amy-Jill Levine as she examines John the Baptizer, the Little Apocalypse, the Transfiguration, and several of Jesus's most notable stories and parables. The Good News of the gospel message comes alive in this book as listeners see Jesus as divine and human, powerful and weak, approachable yet mysterious. The book features an in-depth study of select passages and illuminates the Gospel in its historical context and as a source for the other gospels.
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Light of the World
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the story of the birth of Jesus.
-
-
Short book but excellent insights
- By Amazon Customer on 12-27-20
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Entering the Passion of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus' final days were full of risk. Every move he made was filled with anticipation, danger, and the potential for great loss or great reward. Jesus risked his reputation when he entered Jerusalem in a victory parade. He risked his life when he dared to teach in the Temple. His followers risked everything when they left behind their homes or anointed him with costly perfume. We take risks as we read and reread these stories, finding new meanings and new challenges.
-
-
A Heartfelt Thank You to Professor Levine
- By Joseph in Orlando on 09-03-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Difficult Words of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God's word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.
-
-
Thank GOD for his love
- By Ruth Reynoso on 03-17-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Short Stories by Jesus
- The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives.
-
-
Decent for Bible Study
- By D. Routledge on 02-21-19
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Gospel of John
- A Beginner's Guide to the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John's Gospel offers listeners a new language—of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the "I am"—that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith. With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces listeners to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today.
-
-
Love the love shown.
- By Ruth Reynoso on 12-21-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Gospel of Mark
- A Beginner's Guide to the Good News
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Walk through the Bible's earliest source for the life of Jesus with scholar Amy-Jill Levine as she examines John the Baptizer, the Little Apocalypse, the Transfiguration, and several of Jesus's most notable stories and parables. The Good News of the gospel message comes alive in this book as listeners see Jesus as divine and human, powerful and weak, approachable yet mysterious. The book features an in-depth study of select passages and illuminates the Gospel in its historical context and as a source for the other gospels.
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Light of the World
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the story of the birth of Jesus.
-
-
Short book but excellent insights
- By Amazon Customer on 12-27-20
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Entering the Passion of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus' final days were full of risk. Every move he made was filled with anticipation, danger, and the potential for great loss or great reward. Jesus risked his reputation when he entered Jerusalem in a victory parade. He risked his life when he dared to teach in the Temple. His followers risked everything when they left behind their homes or anointed him with costly perfume. We take risks as we read and reread these stories, finding new meanings and new challenges.
-
-
A Heartfelt Thank You to Professor Levine
- By Joseph in Orlando on 09-03-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Difficult Words of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God's word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.
-
-
Thank GOD for his love
- By Ruth Reynoso on 03-17-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Short Stories by Jesus
- The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives.
-
-
Decent for Bible Study
- By D. Routledge on 02-21-19
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Signs and Wonders
- A Beginner's Guide to the Miracles of Jesus
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Explore the miracles of Jesus in Signs and Wonders with Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament studies and Bible study author. In Signs and Wonders: A Beginner's Guide to the Miracles of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine explores selected miracles of Jesus in historical and theological context. For each miracle, she discusses not only how past witnesses would have understood the events, but also how today's listeners can draw meaning from Jesus's words and actions.
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Sermon on the Mount
- A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How is the follower of Jesus to understand the words of the Old Testament? How are those words relevant to the New Covenant he is establishing? What might the words of the Lord’s Prayer have conveyed to his initial followers, and why is that historical information essential to the prayer two millennia later? In Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine takes a detailed and colorful overview of Matthew 5-7, collectively known as Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount.
-
-
Ye Resist Not Evil
- By Jaden Kellogg on 08-19-20
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Witness at the Cross
- A Beginner's Guide to Holy Friday
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Witness at the Cross, Amy-Jill Levine shows how the people at the cross each have distinct roles to play. Each Evangelist presents a distinct picture of the death of Jesus. Each portrays different individuals and groups of people at the cross, each offers different images and dialogues, and so from each, we learn how those meanings and messages cross the centuries to any who would come to the cross today.
-
-
biblical references and connections to life examples
- By Wolfe on 03-25-25
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Lost Christianities
- The Battles of Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
- By: Bart D. Ehrman
- Narrated by: Matthew Kugler
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human.
-
-
The Early Church(es)
- By Margaret on 01-06-14
By: Bart D. Ehrman
-
The Widening of God's Mercy
- Sexuality Within the Biblical Story
- By: Christopher B. Hays, Richard B. Hays
- Narrated by: Simon Kerr
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Discussions of the Bible and human sexuality often focus on a scattered handful of specific passages. But arguments about this same set of verses have reached an impasse, two leading biblical scholars believe; these debates are missing the forest for the trees. In this learned and beautifully written book, Richard and Christopher Hays explore a more expansive way of listening to the overarching story that scripture tells. They remind us of a dynamic and gracious God who is willing to change his mind, consistently broadening his grace to include more and more people.
-
-
The Bible As a Whole
- By Greg Impink on 03-20-25
By: Christopher B. Hays, and others
-
Miracles and Wonder
- The Historical Mystery of Jesus
- By: Elaine Pagels
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Early in her career, Elaine Pagels changed our understanding of the origins of Christianity with her work in The Gnostic Gospels. Now, in the culmination of a decades-long career, she explores the biggest subject of all, Jesus. In Miracles and Wonder she sets out to discover how a poor young Jewish man inspired a religion that shaped the world.
-
-
I had high hopes for this title
- By Christine on 04-02-25
By: Elaine Pagels
-
The Didache
- By: The Twelve Apostles
- Narrated by: Joseph Sepe
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Didache (translated literally as ‘Teaching’) is an extensive and detailed Christian text dated by experts to around the first century, making it the oldest intact catechism. The Didache has been a source of great interest to devout Christians, theology students, and historians alike since its discovery and contains a great amount of information, rites, and references in connection to the Christian faith.
-
-
Still Relevant!
- By Joel on 10-06-20
-
The Bible with and Without Jesus
- How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
- By: Amy-Jill Levine, Marc Zvi Brettler
- Narrated by: Marni Penning
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings, it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all listeners.
-
-
Decent read
- By Jeff on 06-26-23
By: Amy-Jill Levine, and others
-
Ancient Christianities
- The First Five Hundred Years
- By: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For centuries, a practical religious pluralism prevailed. How, then, did one particular god come to dominate the politics and piety of the late Roman Empire? In Ancient Christianities, Paula Fredriksen traces the evolution of early Christianity—or rather, of early Christianities—through five centuries of Empire, mapping its pathways from the hills of Judea to the halls of Rome and Constantinople.
-
-
Among the best
- By Jacob Kilgore on 04-17-25
By: Paula Fredriksen
-
The Lost Gospel Q
- The Original Sayings of Jesus
- By: Marcus Borg
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The image of the historical Jesus takes form in the words of the Gospel Q. The Lost Gospel Q represents the very first Gospel, older than the traditional Gospels and written by Jesus' contemporaries. It preserves Jesus' original words—the Sermon on the Mount, Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, parables, and his counsel for a compassionate life. The original of the Gospel Q was lost for 2,000 years, but for the past 170 years historians and theologians have been digging through the many layers of the New Testament to uncover one of the most remarkable lost Gospels of the Bible.
-
-
Nothing new
- By Mar on 04-14-25
By: Marcus Borg
-
What Do We Do With the Bible?
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrated by: John Quigley O.F.M.
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Selective use of scripture - by preachers and politicians alike - has been employed to justify violence, racism, misogyny, homophobia...the list goes on. Still, we believe the Bible has something important to say. How can we read it in a contemplative and intelligent way? In What Do We Do with the Bible?, Richard Rohr answers just this question. He offers a methodology of hermeneutics (interpretation) that creates a foundation for a hopeful and cosmic vision - incarnation from beginning to end of time. (He explores this vision further in The Universal Christ).
-
-
Reliable research from Richard Rohr
- By Amazon Customer on 02-16-25
By: Richard Rohr
-
The Misunderstood Jew
- The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
- By: Amy Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth - telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other.
-
-
Courageous
- By Tad Davis on 07-27-17
By: Amy Jill Levine
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Gospel of John
- A Beginner's Guide to the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John's Gospel offers listeners a new language—of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the "I am"—that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith. With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces listeners to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today.
-
-
Love the love shown.
- By Ruth Reynoso on 12-21-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Bible with and Without Jesus
- How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
- By: Amy-Jill Levine, Marc Zvi Brettler
- Narrated by: Marni Penning
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings, it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all listeners.
-
-
Decent read
- By Jeff on 06-26-23
By: Amy-Jill Levine, and others
-
Sermon on the Mount
- A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How is the follower of Jesus to understand the words of the Old Testament? How are those words relevant to the New Covenant he is establishing? What might the words of the Lord’s Prayer have conveyed to his initial followers, and why is that historical information essential to the prayer two millennia later? In Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine takes a detailed and colorful overview of Matthew 5-7, collectively known as Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount.
-
-
Ye Resist Not Evil
- By Jaden Kellogg on 08-19-20
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Short Stories by Jesus
- The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives.
-
-
Decent for Bible Study
- By D. Routledge on 02-21-19
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Misunderstood Jew
- The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
- By: Amy Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth - telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other.
-
-
Courageous
- By Tad Davis on 07-27-17
By: Amy Jill Levine
-
When Christians Were Jews
- The First Generation
- By: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers the question of how Jewish missionaries ended up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community. As her account arcs from this group’s hopeful celebration of Passover with Jesus, through their bitter controversies that fragmented the movement’s midcentury missions, to the city’s fiery end in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, she brings this vibrant apostolic community to life.
-
-
nothing to see here, nothing to read here
- By Anonymous User on 12-10-18
By: Paula Fredriksen
-
The Gospel of John
- A Beginner's Guide to the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John's Gospel offers listeners a new language—of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the "I am"—that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith. With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces listeners to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today.
-
-
Love the love shown.
- By Ruth Reynoso on 12-21-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Bible with and Without Jesus
- How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
- By: Amy-Jill Levine, Marc Zvi Brettler
- Narrated by: Marni Penning
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings, it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all listeners.
-
-
Decent read
- By Jeff on 06-26-23
By: Amy-Jill Levine, and others
-
Sermon on the Mount
- A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How is the follower of Jesus to understand the words of the Old Testament? How are those words relevant to the New Covenant he is establishing? What might the words of the Lord’s Prayer have conveyed to his initial followers, and why is that historical information essential to the prayer two millennia later? In Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine takes a detailed and colorful overview of Matthew 5-7, collectively known as Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount.
-
-
Ye Resist Not Evil
- By Jaden Kellogg on 08-19-20
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Short Stories by Jesus
- The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives. In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus' narratives.
-
-
Decent for Bible Study
- By D. Routledge on 02-21-19
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
The Misunderstood Jew
- The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
- By: Amy Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens and a greater interfaith dialogue can take place. Levine's humor and informed truth - telling provokes honest conversation and debate about how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus, the New Testament, and each other.
-
-
Courageous
- By Tad Davis on 07-27-17
By: Amy Jill Levine
-
When Christians Were Jews
- The First Generation
- By: Paula Fredriksen
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers the question of how Jewish missionaries ended up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community. As her account arcs from this group’s hopeful celebration of Passover with Jesus, through their bitter controversies that fragmented the movement’s midcentury missions, to the city’s fiery end in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, she brings this vibrant apostolic community to life.
-
-
nothing to see here, nothing to read here
- By Anonymous User on 12-10-18
By: Paula Fredriksen
-
The Difficult Words of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God's word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.
-
-
Thank GOD for his love
- By Ruth Reynoso on 03-17-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Witness at the Cross
- A Beginner's Guide to Holy Friday
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Witness at the Cross, Amy-Jill Levine shows how the people at the cross each have distinct roles to play. Each Evangelist presents a distinct picture of the death of Jesus. Each portrays different individuals and groups of people at the cross, each offers different images and dialogues, and so from each, we learn how those meanings and messages cross the centuries to any who would come to the cross today.
-
-
biblical references and connections to life examples
- By Wolfe on 03-25-25
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Entering the Passion of Jesus
- A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
- By: Amy-Jill Levine
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jesus' final days were full of risk. Every move he made was filled with anticipation, danger, and the potential for great loss or great reward. Jesus risked his reputation when he entered Jerusalem in a victory parade. He risked his life when he dared to teach in the Temple. His followers risked everything when they left behind their homes or anointed him with costly perfume. We take risks as we read and reread these stories, finding new meanings and new challenges.
-
-
A Heartfelt Thank You to Professor Levine
- By Joseph in Orlando on 09-03-24
By: Amy-Jill Levine
-
Israel
- A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
- By: Daniel Gordis
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and, lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future? We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel's people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions.
-
-
Excellent, mildly but honestly biased, terrible narration
- By Schaq on 04-01-17
By: Daniel Gordis
-
Wholehearted Faith
- By: Rachel Held Evans, Jeff Chu
- Narrated by: Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith. At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other unpublished writings into a rich collection of essays.
-
-
Orthodox but Boundary Pushing
- By Anyone on 11-14-21
By: Rachel Held Evans, and others
-
How Economics Explains the World
- A Short History of Humanity
- By: Andrew Leigh
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of capitalism–of how our market system developed. It is the story of the discipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is the story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries erected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win World War II? You’ll find answers to these questions and more in How Economics Explains the World.
-
-
Rehashed ideas better explained in other books
- By Louislocke on 10-27-24
By: Andrew Leigh
-
Falling Upward
- A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- By: Richard Rohr, Brené Brown - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Most of us tend to think of the second half of life in chronological terms, but this book proposes a different paradigm. Spiritual maturity is found "when we begin to pay attention and seek integrity" through a shift from our "outer task" to the "inner task." Falling Upward is an invitation to living the gospel and a call to ongoing transformation.
-
-
Sacred Container
- By Anonymous User on 05-18-24
By: Richard Rohr, and others
-
Believe
- Why Everyone Should Be Religious
- By: Ross Douthat
- Narrated by: Ross Douthat
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As a columnist for the New York Times who writes often about spiritual topics for a skeptical audience, Ross Douthat understands that many of us—whether we are agnostic, somewhat religious, or longtime believers—want to have more faith than we do. But we think we can't believe the way our ancestors did, knowing what we know now—can we? With clear and straightforward arguments, Believe shows how religious belief makes sense of the order of the cosmos and our place within it, illuminates the mystery of consciousness, and explains the persistent reality of encounters with the supernatural.
-
-
Disappointing & Unconvincing
- By Vegan Matt on 04-30-25
By: Ross Douthat
-
Miracles and Wonder
- The Historical Mystery of Jesus
- By: Elaine Pagels
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Early in her career, Elaine Pagels changed our understanding of the origins of Christianity with her work in The Gnostic Gospels. Now, in the culmination of a decades-long career, she explores the biggest subject of all, Jesus. In Miracles and Wonder she sets out to discover how a poor young Jewish man inspired a religion that shaped the world.
-
-
I had high hopes for this title
- By Christine on 04-02-25
By: Elaine Pagels
-
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
- A Reckoning
- By: Peter Beinart
- Narrated by: Peter Beinart
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Peter Beinart’s view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew?
-
-
Profound
- By Michael Halpern on 02-09-25
By: Peter Beinart
-
Patriot
- A Memoir
- By: Alexei Navalny
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted—and will come. Patriot is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life.
-
-
oh finish your pumpkin latte and go do something to save the world
- By Svetlana on 11-02-24
By: Alexei Navalny
-
Practicing the Way
- Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
- By: John Mark Comer
- Narrated by: John Mark Comer
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We are constantly being formed by the world around us. To be formed by Jesus will require us to become his apprentice. To live by what the first Christian disciples called a Rule of Life—a set of practices and relational rhythms that slow us down and open up space in our daily lives for God to do what only God can do—transforms the deepest parts of us to become like him.
-
-
This is New Age in sheep's clothing.
- By Anonymous User on 10-22-24
By: John Mark Comer
What listeners say about Jesus for Everyone
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Marsha
- 09-12-24
Great insights
I love hearing new but loving and careful perspectives. AJ Levine always brings brilliance. And she’s always respectful of differing points of view.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- T. R.
- 09-06-24
Worth every minute
An excellent Jewish historical take on Jesus without getting into faith difficulties. Jesus has something to say to all of us about our lives and how we approach the world. Amy-Jill Levine always keeps me interested in what she writes and presents. This is a serious book about an itinerant Jewish Rabbi almost 2000 years ago; along with his teachings, interactions, and moral standards. We can all learn from her teachings about Jesus.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful