{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Parables at work \/ John C. Purdy.","author":"Purdy, J. C.","isbn":"0664246400","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster Press"},"datePublished":"1985","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tHousekeeping : the parable of the leaven -- Rewards : the parable of the hidden treasure -- Excellence : the parable of the pearl merchant -- Retirement : the parable of the rich fool -- Fairness : the parable of workers in the vineyard -- Waste : the parable of the prodigal son -- Fulfillment : the parable of the mustard seed -- Success : the parable of the secretly growing seed -- Patience : the parable of the wheat and the weeds -- Endowments : the parable of the talents -- Accountability : the parable of the dishonest steward -- Sleeping : the parable of the watchful servants.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 132 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Poet & peasant ; and, Through peasant eyes : a literary-cultural approach to the parables in Luke \/ by Kenneth E. Bailey","author":"Bailey, K. E.","isbn":"0802819478","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co."},"datePublished":"1983","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents\tPart One: Introduction -- 1. The problem and the task -- A. The unfinished work -- B. Major trends in recent parabolic interpretation -- (1) The historical-eschatological: Dodd and Jeremias -- (2) Jones: Parables as art -- (3) Linnemann and Via: The existential perspective -- C. Reaction and assessment: a remaining task -- 2. Methodology (1): The cultural problem -- A. The basic problem: cultural foreignness -- B.A review of types of solutions to the cultural problem -- C. Oriental exegesis: a proposal -- A definition of \"Oriental exegesis\" -- Ancient literature: its importance and the exegete's problem in assessing it -- The contemporary Middle Easter peasant and his oral tradition as a tool for recovering the culture of the parables -- The archaic nature of his life style -- Past attempts at gleaning insights from Middle Eastern peasantry -- The unfinished task: its methods and its controls -- The significance of the Oriental versions for exegesis -- D. Discerning the theological cluster -- E. Summary and conclusions -- 3. Methodology (2): four types of literary structures in the New Testament and their significance for the interpretation of parables -- A.A review of past scholarship on the question of literary structures -- B.A definition of terms -- C. Four types of literary structures in the New Testament -- Type A -- inverted prose -- Type B -- seven poetical forms -- Type C -- poetry encased in prose -- Type D -- the parabolic ballad -- D. Summary and conclusions. \r\nPart Two: An analysis of four parables and two poems in the travel narrative of Luke -- 4. The literary outline of the travel narrative (Jerusalem document): Luke 9:51-19:48 -- 5. Exegesis of Luke 16:1-13 -- The unjust steward (16:1-8) -- The poem on Mammon and God (16:9-13) -- 6. Exegesis of Luke 11:5-13 -- The friend at midnight (11:5-8) -- The parable\/poem on a father's gifts (11:9-13) -- 7. Exegesis of Luke 15 -- The lost sheep and the lost coin (15:4-10) -- The father and the two lost sons (15:11-32).\r\n\r\nIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 2 volumes in 1 (238, xxiii, 187 pages) ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":"Combined ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Lord of parables \/ LeRoy Lawson.","author":"Lawson, E. L.","isbn":"0872397068","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Standard Pub."},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Cincinnati, Ohio :\n\nPhysical description: 111 pages ; 22 cm + instructor's guide","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The parables then and now \/ A.M. Hunter.","author":"Hunter, A. M.","isbn":"066424940X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster Press"},"datePublished":"1971","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tThe parables of Jesus -- The story of their interpretation -- Expounding the parables today -- The coming and growth of the kingdom -- The grace of the kingdom -- The men of the kingdom -- The crisis of the kingdom -- Eternal issues.\r\n\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (page 122) and index.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia ; New York\n\nPhysical description: 128 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}