Who is Kenneth E. Bailey?

Kenneth E. Bailey is the lecturer for the Women in the New Testament series. For a beautifully written biography, see this link: https://godswordtowomen.org/bailey.htm.


I have made several attempts to distill this biography and the one found here: https://shenango.org/bailey/ into Five Fast Facts, and have been completely unable to do so. The Baileys seemed to have lived more than one life, there are so many things to say about them!

Christianity Today describes Mr. Bailey as "the scholar who made Jesus Middle Eastern again." His parents were missionaries in Egypt, and Mr. Bailey, in turn, spent much of his life in ministry in Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Jerusalem with his wife and two children (Sara and David).  He was a professor, speaker, and author in both the Middle East and the United States. In addition, he has an extensive teaching video collection. His wife, Ethel Bailey, was also quite accomplished. She was Dr. Jonas Salk's research assistant at the time that Dr. Salk discovered the polio vaccine. She taught microbiology in Arabic, typed Mr. Bailey's manuscripts, and was the recording secretary for the school board of the American Community School in Beirut. Dr. Kenneth Bailey died on May 23rd, 2016 at the age of 85.