TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zimmermann,Ruben
TI  - Puzzling the parables of Jesus: methods and interpretation 
SN  - 9780800699758
AV  - BT375.3 .Z56 2015
U1  - 226.8 23
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Jesus Christ.
KW  - Parables
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - Parables, Biblical
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
ER  -