{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Hearing the parables of Jesus \/ Pheme Perkins.","author":"Perkins, P.","isbn":"0809123525","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Paulist Press"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tWhat's in a parable? -- Wisdom, proverb and parable -- Religion and story -- Hints for reading parables -- Parables of growth -- God in parables -- Allegory : When is a parable not a parable? -- The good samaritan : Parable of the love command -- Reversal, equality and reward -- Ethics and the parables -- God and his people -- Appendix : The parables. \r\n \r\nAbstract:\t\"Studies of the parables have increased and flourished in the past ten years. Researchers from various disciplines in the humanities have joined Scripture scholars and theologians in examining these unique stories of Jesus. Much energy has been spent in exploring and defending particular points of view about the parables. Yet all too often the central questions about a particular parable--\"What is the parable saying? How do I respond to this story?\"--Have been ignored in the process. [This book] is a guide to help readers respond to these questions. Each chapter of [this book] introduces issues in the current discussion of the parables and teachings of Jesus. It then goes on to readings of specific parables which present various directions in which an interpretation might lead. Also included in each chapter are study questions. The format and content of [this book] make it suitable for use by an individual, in the classroom, or as part of an adult education program.\"--Back cover.\n\nPublished in: New York, N.Y.\n\nPhysical description: 224 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Once more astonished : the parables of Jesus \/ Jan Lambrecht.","author":"Lambrecht, J.","isbn":"0824500938","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Crossroad Pub."},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\t1. Parables in the synoptic gospels -- The many meanings of the word \"parable\" -- Insight and appeal -- Overview of the synoptic parables -- 2. Parables in Luke 15: What was lost -- A closer look at chapter 15 -- The lost sheep -- The prodigal son -- Actualization -- 3. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) -- No problems? -- Redacted tradition -- The message of Jesus -- A plea for Luke -- Fruitful exegesis -- 4. Parables in Mark 4 -- Defining the problem -- Mark's redactional role -- The explanation of the sower (Verses 14-20) -- The similitudes and the parable -- The secret of the Kingdom of God. \r\n5. Parables elsewhere in Mark's Gospel -- Discussion about Beelzebul (Mark 3:22-30) -- Clean and unclean (Mark 7:1-23) -- The wicked tenants (Mark 12:1-12) -- The budding fig tree and the doorkeeper (Mark 13:28-29 and 34-36) -- A Marcan parable theory? -- 6. The wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) -- Matthew's eschatological discourse (Chapters 24-25) -- Uncertainties and disturbing elements in Matthiew 25:1-13 -- Tradition and redaction -- Jesus' original parable -- Matthew's allegorizing -- 7. The talents and the pounds (Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:11-27) -- Comparison of the talents and the pounds -- The parable in early Christian preaching -- The parable in Jesus' preaching -- The parable in Luke's gospel -- The parable in Matthew's gospel -- 8. The Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46) -- The context -- The text of the Last Judgment -- The pre-Matthean tradition or text -- Matthew's interpretation -- \"Smallness\" and poverty -- The Last Judgment in the Parousia discourse. \r\n\r\nOther Notes: \tTranslation of: Terwijl Hij tot ons sprak., Includes bibliographical references and indexes.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xiv, 245 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The gospel in parable : metaphor, narrative, and theology in the Synoptic Gospels \/ John R. Donahue.","author":"Donahue, J. R.","isbn":"0800624807","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Fortress Press"},"datePublished":"1988","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\t1. How does a parable mean? -- Introduction -- The parable as text -- The parable as narrative -- The parable as context -- 2. The parables of Mark -- Introduction -- Parables and the mystery of the kingdom: Mark 4 -- The drama of salvation history in Mark 12 -- Community life \"between the times\": the parables of Mark 13 -- 3. The parables of Matthew -- Introduction -- Ethics and discipleship: Matthew's redaction of Mark 4 -- The justice of the kingdom in Matthew -- Matthew's debate with \"the synagogue across the street\" -- The eschatological crisis and the parables of Matthew 24 and 25 -- 4. The parables of Luke -- Introduction -- Luke's theological program: The Good Samaritan in context -- Table fellowship with the marginal and Luke's gospel in parable -- A \"gospel within a gospel\": The parables of Luke 15 -- The parables of Luke 16 and rich and poor in Luke's gospel -- Trial by prayer: the parables of the widow and the judge and the Pharisee and the tax collector -- 5.The gospel in parable -- The Gospel of Mark: Christology and discipleship in parable -- Eschatology, ethics, and the Good News of the Kingdom: Matthew's gospel in parable -- Parables and paradigms for a community in mission: Luke's gospel in parable -- Proclaiming the gospel in parable. \r\n\r\nOther Notes:        \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 220-233). Includes indexes.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia ; New York\n\nPhysical description: xi, 254 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The parables : Jewish tradition and Christian interpretation \/ Brad H. Young.","author":"Young, B.","isbn":"1565632443","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hendrickson Publishers"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Other Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-318) and indexes.\r\n \r\nRelated electronic resource:\tContributor biographical information http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/enhancements\/fy0706\/98017098-b.html\r\n \r\nRelated electronic resource:\tPublisher description http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/description\/hend021\/98017098.html\n\nPublished in: Peabody, Mass.\n\nPhysical description: xv, 332 pages ; 25 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}