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Puzzling the parables of Jesus : methods and interpretation / Ruben Zimmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xiv, 481 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780800699758
  • 0800699750
Other title:
  • Parables of Jesus
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Puzzling the parables of Jesus.DDC classification:
  • 226.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BT375.3 .Z56 2015
Contents:
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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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.