The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus / John Dominic Crossan.
2012
232.954 C951p 2012
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Title
The power of parable : how fiction by Jesus became fiction about Jesus / John Dominic Crossan.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061875694
0061875694
0061875694
Imprint
New York : HarperOne, c2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
232.954 C951p 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)730414468
(OCoLC)730414468
(OCoLC)730414468
Summary
"One of the main ways Jesus taught people was through the use of parables. Through an exploration of the literary genre popular in the ancient world, distinguished Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan dissects the versions we read in the Gospels to get back to what Jesus really intended to teach. Next, Crossan reveals how Jesus's use of parables inspired the Gospel writers themselves to come up with meaningful, metaphorical stories of Jesus to help them explain their own views of who they thought this Messiah really was. By unlocking the meaning and purposes of the Gospel's parables, we can arrive at a better portrait of this enigmatic and charismatic Jewish figure who transformed his world and the next two thousand years of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
Parables told by Jesus. Riddle parables : so that they may not understand
Example parables : go and do, or don't do, likewise
Challenge parables, part I : down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Challenge parables, part II : the word against the word
Challenge parables, part III : let anyone with ears to hear listen!
The kingdom of God : the challenge of collaboration
The lure of parabolic history : Caesar at the Rubicon
Parables told about Jesus. A hymn for the nameless : the Parable Gospel according to Mark
Rhetorical violence : the Parable Gospel according to Matthew
Rome as the new Jerusalem : the Parable Gospel according to Luke-Acts
The visionary dream of God : the Parable Gospel according to John.
Example parables : go and do, or don't do, likewise
Challenge parables, part I : down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Challenge parables, part II : the word against the word
Challenge parables, part III : let anyone with ears to hear listen!
The kingdom of God : the challenge of collaboration
The lure of parabolic history : Caesar at the Rubicon
Parables told about Jesus. A hymn for the nameless : the Parable Gospel according to Mark
Rhetorical violence : the Parable Gospel according to Matthew
Rome as the new Jerusalem : the Parable Gospel according to Luke-Acts
The visionary dream of God : the Parable Gospel according to John.
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