{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Autobiography of God \/ Lloyd John Ogilvie.","author":"Ogilvie, L.  J.","isbn":"0830707913","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Regal Books"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Other Notes: A study of Christ's parables., Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Ventura, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: 320 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":"Trade ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Cotton patch parables of liberation \/ Clarence Jordan and Bill Lane Doulos.","author":"Jordan, C.; Doulos, B. L.","isbn":"083619151X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Herald Press"},"datePublished":"2001","inLanguage":"English","description":"Other Notes:     \"A Koinonian publication.\"  Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Scottdale, PA\n\nPhysical description: 156 pages ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":"25th anniversary ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"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":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"In parables \/ Clovis G. Chappell.","author":"Chappell, C. G.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon-Cokesbury Press"},"datePublished":"1953","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tHow God meets our needs: parable of the friend at midnight -- Enjoying religion: parable of the hidden treasure -- So much for so little: parable of the laborers -- Without limit: parable of the unmerciful servant -- In the name of sense: parable of counting the cost -- Facing the facts: parable of the prodigal son -- Sour saints: parable of the elder brother -- Personal preaching: parable of the wicked husbandmen -- Choked lives: parable of the sower -- Excuses: parable of the great feast -- Nothing to say: parable of the wedding garment -- A drama of the highway: parable of the Good Samaritan -- The layaway plan: parable of the pounds -- God and money: parable of the unjust steward.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 153 pages ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Instructor's guide for the Lord of parables \/ LeRoy Lawson.","author":"Lawson, E. L","isbn":"0872397068","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Standard Pub"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references in Notes.\n\nPublished in: Cincinnati, Ohio\n\nPhysical description: xvi, 111 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Many things in parables [and] The Gospel miracles \/ Ronald S. Wallace.","author":"Wallace, R. S.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wm. B. Eerdmans"},"datePublished":"1963","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Grand Rapids MI\n\nPhysical description: 161p. 21cm.","bookEdition":"2 volumes in 1","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"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":8,"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":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Parables from the back side : Bible stories with a twist \/ J. Ellsworth Kalas.","author":"Kalas, J. E.","isbn":"0687300622","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:            Kalas presents new insight into twelve of Jesus' parables by entering them through the \"back side\" -- through the eyes of a minor or unsympathic character. By approaching the stories in this way, Kalas releases new meaning and clarifies basic teachings. Personal stories from the author's own experience and modern-day illustrations enrich the retellings even more. These refreshing glimpses from the back side will provide new food for thought for everyone -- even those most familiar with Jesus' parables. \r\n\r\nOther Notes:         \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-111).\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 111 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"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"}}}]}