Puzzling the parables of Jesus : methods and interpretation /

Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968-

Puzzling the parables of Jesus : methods and interpretation / Parables of Jesus Ruben Zimmerman. - xiv, 481 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-450) and indexes.

Preface and acknowledgments -- Part I. Three approaches to parables. 1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding the parables over the past century : an overview of the history of research -- 3. Historical approaches : parables as media for remembering Jesus -- 4. Literary approaches : the parable genre -- a new definition -- 5. Reader-oriented approaches : a playing field for polyvalent parables -- Part II. How to interpret a parable. 6. Reading and analyzing parables -- 7. The lost sheep (Q/Luke 15:1-7) and the parables in Q -- 8. The mustard seed (Mark 4:30-32) and the parables in Mark -- 9. The ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-13) and the parables in Matthew -- 10. The good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35) and the parables in Luke -- 11. The dying and living grain (John 12:24) and the parables in John -- 12. The empty jar (Gos. Thom. 97) and the parables in Thomas.

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Jesus Christ--Parables.
Jesus Christ.


Parables--History and criticism.
Parables.
Parables, Biblical.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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