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Stories with intent : a comprehensive guide to the parables of Jesus /
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TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©2008.Description: xviii, 846 pages. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780802842411
- 0802842410
- 226.8/06 22
- BT375.3 .S66 2008
Contents:
Introduction to the parables of Jesus -- Necessary history -- What is a parable? -- How should parables be classified? -- What about allegory? -- Characteristics of Jesus' parables -- Distribution of the parables -- How should parables be interpreted? -- NT criticism--assumptions and hesitations, method and procedure -- Parables in the ancient world -- The Old Testament -- Early Jewish writings -- Greco-Roman writings -- The early church -- Later Jewish writings -- Grace and responsibility -- The unforgiving servant (Matt 18:23-35) -- The two debtors (Luke 7:41-43) -- Parables of lostness -- The arrangement of Luke 15 -- The lost sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke 15:4-7) -- The lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) -- The compassionate father and his two lost sons (Luke 15:11-32) -- The parable of the sower and the purpose of parables (Matt 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-15) --
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 771-815) and indexes.
Introduction to the parables of Jesus -- Necessary history -- What is a parable? -- How should parables be classified? -- What about allegory? -- Characteristics of Jesus' parables -- Distribution of the parables -- How should parables be interpreted? -- NT criticism--assumptions and hesitations, method and procedure -- Parables in the ancient world -- The Old Testament -- Early Jewish writings -- Greco-Roman writings -- The early church -- Later Jewish writings -- Grace and responsibility -- The unforgiving servant (Matt 18:23-35) -- The two debtors (Luke 7:41-43) -- Parables of lostness -- The arrangement of Luke 15 -- The lost sheep (Matt 18:12-14/Luke 15:4-7) -- The lost coin (Luke 15:8-10) -- The compassionate father and his two lost sons (Luke 15:11-32) -- The parable of the sower and the purpose of parables (Matt 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-15) --
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