RT Book T1 Puzzling the parables of jesus: methods and interpretation A1 Zimmermann, Ruben 1968- LA English PP Minneapolis PB Fortress Press YR 2015 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/844702005 AB 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 CN BT375.3 SN 0-8006-9975-0 SN 978-0-8006-9975-8 K1 Jesus Christ : Parables K1 Parables : History and criticism