{"@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":"Gazing on truth : meditations on reality \/ Kitty Muggeridge.","author":"Muggeridge, K.","isbn":"0802800726","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"W.B. Eerdmans"},"datePublished":"1985","inLanguage":"English","description":"What is Real? -- Why Fast? -- The Mystery of Faith -- Freedom -- Peace -- Heavens Below -- God's Messenger -- The Sacrament of the Present Moment -- Now and Always -- The Beauty of the Earth -- Gardening -- Waiting on God -- Humility -- Worship -- Love -- Saints -- Images -- Money -- Happiness -- Work -- The Way is the Way -- The Cloud of Knowing -- The Bible -- Parables -- The Lord's Prayer -- Why Pray? -- Meditation -- The Blessed Sacraments -- The Ten Commandments -- Sin -- The Devil -- Lent -- Individual Love and Collective Concern -- Children -- Marriage -- Motherhood -- The Family -- Suffering -- Old Age -- Death and Resurrection.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 82 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":"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":5,"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":6,"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":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Let the reader understand : a guide to interpreting and applying the Bible \/ Dan McCartney, Charles Clayton.","author":"McCartney, D.","isbn":"0875525164","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"P & R Pub."},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction: God's Word and human understanding: What is the problem? -- Part One: The foundation of understanding: Presuppositions -- 1. Truth, language, and sin -- The pillar of understanding: Truth -- The vehicle of understanding: Language -- The spoiler of understanding: Sin -- Summary -- 2. Knowing God: Presuppositions about the Bible and creation -- Is the Bible the Word of God? -- Is the Bible true? -- Is the Bible coherent? -- The Bible and the world -- 3. The foundation and the frame: Presuppositions and interpretation -- Presuppositions and method -- Tradition and the church -- The Holy Spirit: The ultimate interpreter -- Part Two: Interpretation in theory -- 4. The church and biblical interpretation -- The early church: Justin Martyr and Irenaeus -- The developing church: Origen and Theodore -- The Middle Ages: Aquinas -- The Reformation: Luther and Calvin -- The modern church: From Schleirmacher to Bultmann -- The literary turn: From literary criticism to postmodernism -- Summary -- 5. The grammatical-historical method: Knowing what it meant -- Meaning and understanding semantics -- Culture and understanding -- Context and understanding -- Genre and understanding -- 6. Removing the veil: From what it meant to what it means -- History and beyond -- Typology and \"fuller meaning\" -- The Bible interprets itself -- Redemptive history and present application -- Conclusion. \r\nPart Three: Interpretation in practice -- 7. Studying God's Word -- Spiritual preparation -- Analyzing passages -- Understanding the Bible on its own terms -- Priorities of interpretation -- Two examples -- 8. Biblical genres -- Theological history -- Law -- Poetry -- Prophecy -- Parables -- Epistles -- Apocalyptic -- 9. The Bible in worship and witness -- Scripture and worship -- Scripture and witness -- 10. Scripture and guidance -- Guidance needs to be in context -- What is \"God's will\"? -- Submission to God -- Understanding God and His ways -- Understanding God's sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Where is meaning? -- Authorial intent -- Autonomous texts -- Reader response -- Conclusion -- Appendix B: The historical-critical method -- General description and evaluation -- \"Scholarly\" methods.\n\nPublished in: Phillipsburg, N.J.\n\nPhysical description: ix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":"2nd edtion","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"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":9,"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":10,"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"}}}]}