Puzzling the parables of jesus: methods and interpretation

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 --...

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Main Author: Zimmermann, Ruben 1968- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Minneapolis Fortress Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jesus Christus / Parable / Historical method / Biblical theology / Exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Jesus Christ Parables
B Parables History and criticism
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Summary: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
ISBN:0800699750